next-gen

A form of next-generation — Expected or intended to supersede present-day technology.

Meanings

adjectivenext-gen (not comparable)

alternative nextgen

  1. abbreviationclippinginformalnot comparableClipping of next-generation.

    Then she said, “It's supposed to be more extreme. Like, you know, THC levels in weed, how they're more potent? This is next-gen G.” “Next-gen. That's a thing?” I'd just assumed that what we had taken was expired supply.

    2022, Ling Ma, “G”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN
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APA

next-gen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/next-gen

MLA

“next-gen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/next-gen. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “next-gen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/next-gen.

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