adj
Meaning 1
general
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
Gen
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/d͡ʒɛn/
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homophone: Jen
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homophone: Gen
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rhymes with -ɛn
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homophone: gen
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CMU ARPABET: JH EH1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Clipping of genuinely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable
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name
Meaning 3
A Niger-Congo language of Togo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 4
A female given name, a short form of Genevieve.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
A member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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noun
Meaning 6
Alternative form of Gen. (“General”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 7
Information.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
Information about the location of a bird.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, birdwatching, natural-sciences, ornithology
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noun
Meaning 9
Fan fiction that does not specifically focus on romance or sex.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, uncountable
Topics: lifestyle
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Synonyms: genfic
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noun
Meaning 10
Alternative letter-case form of Gen (“member of the Gen Movement”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 11
A generator (device that converts mechanical to electrical energy).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Synonyms: genny
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noun
Meaning 12
A shilling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete, slang
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noun
Meaning 13
A generation (group of people born in a specific range of years).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 14
A specific version of something in a chronological sequence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds, informal
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noun
Meaning 15
Initialism of group exemption number.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: economics, government, sciences, taxation
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verb
Meaning 16
To generate using an automated process, especially a computer program.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- genned with a LLM
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verb
Meaning 17
To genetically engineer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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noun
Meaning 18
informal term for information
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- give me the gen on your new line of computers
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Broader terms: information, info
History
Etymology
Clipping of general.
Shortened from new generation, from Italian generazione nuova.
Shortened from generate and generator.
Etymology unknown. Possibilities include: * Clipping of argent * Clipping of generalise, from back slang for English shilling.
Clipping of generation.
Shortened from genetic engineering