First-generation Definition

fûrstjĕnə-rāshən
adjective
Of or relating to a person who has left one country and settled in another.
American Heritage
Of or being an immigrant taking up permanent residence in a country; often, specif., of or being a naturalized, foreign-born citizen of a country.
Webster's New World
Of or being a native-born citizen of a country whose parents had immigrated into that country.
Webster's New World
Of, relating to, or being the first form or version available to users.
First-generation computer software.
American Heritage

First-generation Sentence Examples

  • The complaints about poor reception and dropped calls has been around since the first-generation iPhone and it has carried through to the 3G and 3GS versions as well.

  • The interior was marble and polished wood, dating back to a time when first generation craftsmen took pride in their workmanship.

  • It would have been a miracle if the first generation of Mexican and South American history had not been anarchical.

  • This account Papias had derived, he tells us, from an informant who had heard it repeatedly given by "the elder," a Christian of the first generation.

  • The first generation of Christians was not given to writing.

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