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

What if brands replaced 5 percent of their virgin wood pulp with next-generation feedstock also known as textile-to-textile pulp? — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026

The bill, which earlier passed the lower Chamber of Deputies, establishes a legal framework for next-generation nuclear technologies. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

That project is evaluating whether materials recovered through Curio’s NuCycle chemical extraction process can be recycled into commercial fuel for next-generation reactors. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026

Shares of Sandisk have surged 644% year to date as demand for NAND has reached new heights due to the proliferation of next-generation AI models. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 22 Sep. 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