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

This is a key step toward developing next-generation, AI-enabled 6G wireless networks. —Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 May 2026

On Friday, the dispenser deployed 20 mockups of SpaceX’s next-generation Starlink satellites, plus two spacecraft fitted with flashlights and cameras to inspect Starship’s exterior in space. —Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2026

Nickel is a vital front on China’s global quest to maintain an international monopoly of critical minerals refining, material inputs that are vital for nearly every major computing, green energy, military, aerospace, and next-generation industrial piece of technology imaginable. —Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026

In a late-stage trial, Eli Lilly’s next-generation obesity drug led to levels of weight loss approaching what’s seen with bariatric surgery, the company reported yesterday. —Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 22 May 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