Definition of "first-generation" []

• Of or relating to a person who has left one country and settled in another. (adjective)
• Of or relating to a person or persons whose parents are immigrants. (adjective)
• Of, relating to, or being the first form or version available to users: first-generation computer software; first-generation camcorders. (adjective)

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• "White also said a government bursary for so-called "first-generation" learners - the first in their family ever to attend college or university - was claimed by about 2,200 students, which he said is only about 2.3 per cent of the estimated 91,000 first-generation students on student aid who should have been eligible for the money."
• ""In terms of the rich people here in China, the thing that's unusual is that 30 years ago there really weren't people of great wealth so what you have is first-generation fortunes," Gates said."
• "That compares with a $320 bill of materials for the first-generation 32-gigabyte iPad, based on April 2010 pricing."