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second-generation en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to someone whose parents are immigrants.
    • MP Taverna offers a second-generation, melting-pot vision of an America where Greek flavors have been woven into the fabric of American cooking so thoroughly that they’re taken for granted. 2013 August 6, Pete Wells, “A Second-Generation Ode to Greece”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2017:
  2. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to a second version of something that is materially different to the first.
    • Looming over her is the statistic that only 30 percent of family-owned businesses make it through the second generation. That data is from 1987, but experts say it still holds true today. It is known as the second-generation curse. 2016 July 13, Amy Haimerl, “Lifting the Second-Generation Curse”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2020: