second-generation

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

adjective

1. being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country.

   the oldest son of second-generation Americans.

2. being the native-born child of naturalized parents.

3. being a revised or improved version of a product, system, service, etc..

   Production has been increased with second-generation robots.

second generation

noun

1. offspring of parents born in a given country

1. of an improved or refined stage of development in manufacture

   a second-generation robot

Example Sentences

Monday’s launch was the fifth and final flight of the second-generation Starship, which has a rocky history.

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The words of my father, a second-generation submariner, often recited when I was a child, drifted through my head: “Rocked in the cradle of the deep, I lay me down in peace to sleep.”

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“That was never the goal; it happened organically,” says Alisha Rajani, the second-generation operator.

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Pochos co-owner Irene Acosta grew up with her parents and siblings on the “Mexican side” of Chicago, part of a first- and second-generation thriving in the local restaurant industry.

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While charismatic neoliberal pioneers like Bill Clinton and Tony Blair gleefully steered the world into the worst economic crash since the Great Depression, their more cynical and less impressive second-generation heirs — Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz among them — have steadfastly refused to address its long-term global consequences or challenge the dogmas of their faith.

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