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Beta

proper nounnouncommon in dialogue

A member of Generation Beta.

proper noun

  1. 1

    Variant of BetamaxClipping of Betamax

    The digital revolution is changing these rules, but as of this writing, generally you submit your music video to the network for review on Beta tape.

noun

  1. 1

    A member of Generation Beta.

    With an estimated 90% of all online content expected to be generated in some way shape or form by AI by as early as 2026, theorists predict Betas will grow up in a world heavily fraught by deepfake content, truth will no longer be a fixed concept, and they will spend their lives searching for reality.

    For the Betas, AI and robots will be a normal part of life for them.

    Members of Gen Z are the first digital natives, but individual experiences varied depending on their families’ economic circumstances, a barrier no longer applicable for the Betas, she [Melissa Clark-Reynolds] says.

    Millennials will almost certainly spend it on luxuries such as family homes and trying to retire before they are 90 (and the odd bit of avocado toast, of course) before they can pass it on to Betas.

Forms

plural
Betas
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).