ˌfirst geneˈration noun [singular]1. people who have moved to live in a new country, or the children of these people
2. the first type of a machine to be developed
first generation of
the first generation of hand-held computers3. the first people to do something
first generation of
the first generation of radical feminists in the US—first-generation adjective:
first-generation Americans [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲