Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of Genesis; General (as a title).
- noun An abbreviation of general; genitive.
- noun An abbreviation of Geneva or Genevan.
- noun A terminal element in words from or made after the Latin or Greek, meaning primarily ‘produce,’ and taken either passively, ‘born,’ ‘produced,’ as in acrogen, endogen, exogen, etc., that which is produced or grows at the top, from within, from without, etc., or actively, ‘producing,’ ‘serving to produce,’ as in hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, etc., that which produces or serves to produce water, acid, nitric acid, etc. The corresponding adjective is in -genic or -genous, and the abstract noun, if any, is in -geny.
- noun An obsolete variant of
gin . - noun An abbreviation of gender; of genera; of generally; of generic; of genus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- abbreviation
gender - abbreviation
general ,generally - abbreviation
generation - abbreviation
genitive - abbreviation
genus - noun chiefly UK, informal
information - noun
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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun informal term for information
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Examples
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You have been going round all the male S02's noshing them off so you never have to touch pay - now thats what I call gen!
Army Rumour Service 2009
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"A movin 'gen'rally looks sort of sad, doesn't it, Pa?" she said, as she settled herself on the dismembered beds.
The Second Chance 1910
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He said the use of this argument to justify abortion in general was a “smoke screen.”
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March 2008 2008
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July 28, 2008 9: 55 PM, kaushiksahu said ... hee i have got rank 674 in gen will i get a seat in cet and get a good branch.
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March 2008 2008
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“Snappy gen” was briefly in the running for the election abbreviation du jour, before being superseded by the overwhelming popularity of “genny lec”.
‘Genny lec’ and ‘cozzie livs’. And who can afford 'savvy b'? British slang is daft, but it is breaking taboos | Coco Khan Coco Khan 2024
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