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Meaning of first-generation | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to an immigrant or their family.
    not-comparable
  2. Of or relating to the initial version of a class of products.
    not-comparable

Examples

“Trying to help a high school senior get into his dream school, Laurie Kopp Weingarten called the college to emphasize that the boy should be able to lay claim to the latest, and fuzziest, of all admissions hooks: being a first-generation student.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

first-half first-hand first-line first-nameless first-of-its-kind first-order

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