Gen

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An abbreviation of gender; of genera; of generally; of generic; of genus.
  • noun. An abbreviation of general; genitive.
  • noun. An obsolete variant of gin.
  • noun. An abbreviation of Geneva or Genevan.
  • noun. An abbreviation of Genesis; General (as a title).
  • 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.
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  • abbreviation. gender
  • abbreviation. general, generally
  • abbreviation. generation
  • abbreviation. genitive
  • abbreviation. genus
  • noun. information
  • noun. Fanfiction that does not specifically focus on romance.
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  • noun. informal term for information
  • Word Usage
    "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!"
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    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    info  information  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
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