What does second-generation mean?

Definitions for second-generation
sec·ond-gen·er·a·tion

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  1. second-generationadjective

    Of or pertaining to someone whose parents are immigrants

  2. second-generationadjective

    Of or pertaining to a second version of something that is materially different to the first

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of second-generation in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of second-generation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of second-generation in a Sentence

  1. Chang Sea-jin:

    But second-generation and third-generation leaders do not have such legitimacy. They are simply born with 'golden spoons' in their mouths.

  2. Benjamin Alexander:

    If your parents ski, almost certainly, you will ski, if we look at minorities in America or in England, most of them are first - or second-generation immigrants, so they don't have as much disposable income as their White counterparts.

  3. Mike Matlat:

    With not a lot of new development going on, everyone’s growth will come from second-generation space.

  4. Fox Sports president Eric Shanks:

    As I look back, especially for this audience, 1983 was zero year for soccer in this country. It was the year of the Cosmos and Pele and Beckenbauer, the teenagers( back) then have teenagers of their own now. So we're really only at the beginning of the second generation soccer in this country.

  5. Benjamin Alexander:

    If we look at minorities in America or in England, most of them are first - or second-generation immigrants, so they don't have as much disposable income as their White counterparts.

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