second-generation

[ sek-uhnd-jen-uh-rey-shuhn ]

/ ˈsɛk əndˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən /

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adjective

being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country: the oldest son of second-generation Americans.

being the native-born child of naturalized parents.

being a revised or improved version of a product, system, service, etc.: Production has been increased with second-generation robots.

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Words nearby second-generation

Second Empire, second estate, second fiddle, second floor, second-foot, second-generation, second gentleman, second growth, second-guess, secondhand, secondhand smoke

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How to use second-generation in a sentence

Pryor, a second-generation senator, is holding off a fierce challenge from conservative idol Tom Cotton.
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But the biggest difference in the second-generation trip is that the new bus is a drug-free zone.
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The principal, a second-generation Holocaust survivor, takes offense.
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That coal miner was a second-generation miner in his late 30s.
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But the second-generation Latino family looks very different.
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Probably second-generation ones can keep going after we'd pass out.
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For these second-generation farms, wheat and corn for export to England and the West Indies became the principal income crops.
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British Dictionary definitions for second-generation

second generation

noun

offspring of parents born in a given country

adjective

of an improved or refined stage of development in manufacturea second-generation robot

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