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

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Salon

“I am a first-generation from China. He is a second-generation immigrant. I thought, ‘Let’s take his American ideas and my Chinese ideas and combine them.’”

From Los Angeles Times

"This applies to many second-generation Irish living in Britain."

From BBC

It reflects her own experience as a second-generation Irish person in the UK.

From BBC