next-generation

adjective

next-gen·​er·​a·​tion ˈnekst-ˌje-nə-ˈrā-shən 

variants or less commonly next generation

: of or relating to a potential, forthcoming, or brand-new version of an existing product or technology : next-gen

The older hardware companies don't have the field to themselves. They're being challenged by waves of start-ups with next-generation technology.

—Bethany McLean

The finding has added fuel to a long-standing dispute over the Navy's next-generation sonar technology—a system that environmentalists say poses grave risks to marine mammals.

—David Kohn

Mr. [Lewis] Dale [General Motor's director of public policy] said the world's largest automaker spent $1 billion on electric vehicle and fuel cell research and prototype production in the past decade. He said GM doesn't want to make just 50,000 next generation vehicles, but rather sell millions.

—Mike Pare

Examples of next-generation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Singapore’s first eVTOL Led by James Wang, PhD, professor at NTU’s School of mechanical and aerospace engineering, the research project represent an important step in the nation’s push into advanced air mobility and next-generation aviation technologies. —Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026

Its next-generation weight loss shot retatrutide, for example, is in trials for obesity and other related conditions like cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease. —Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026

The visitors appeared most interested in suppliers developing heterojunction and perovskite technologies — next-generation approaches that aim at improving cell efficiency. —Anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026

The merger could boost Musk’s plans to power next-generation AI from space using an orbital data center made up of as many as one million satellites. —Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for next-generation

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration