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Definition of Gender

1. Noun. A grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness.

2. Noun. The properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles. "She didn't want to know the sex of the foetus"

Definition of Gender

1. n. Kind; sort.

2. v. t. To beget; to engender.

3. v. i. To copulate; to breed.

Definition of Gender

1. Noun. (grammar) A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech), such as masculine, feminine, neuter or common. ¹

2. Noun. The biological sex of an individual (usually male or female). ¹

3. Noun. The mental analogue of sex: one's maleness (masculinity) or femaleness (femininity). ¹

4. Noun. A socio-cultural phenomenon that divides people into various categories such as "male" and "female", with each having associated dress, roles, stereotypes, etc. ¹

5. Noun. (obsolete) A division between classes or kinds. (rfex but other senses wouldn’t be bad too) ¹

6. Verb. to engender ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gender

1. to engender [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: engender

Medical Definition of Gender

1. 1. Kind; sort. "One gender of herbs." 2. Sex, male or female. 3. A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex. "Gender is a grammatical distinction and applies to words only. Sex is natural distinction and applies to living objects." (R. Morris) Adjectives and pronouns are said to vary in gender when the form is varied according to the gender of the words to which they refer. Origin: OF. Genre, gendre (with excrescent d), F.genre, fr. L. Genus, generis, birth, descent, race, kind, gender, fr. The root of genere, gignere, to beget, in pass, to be born, akin to E. Kin. See Kin, and cf. Generate, Genre, Gentle, Genus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gender

gen X gena genal genal glands genappe genappes genas genbank genco gencos

gendarme gendarmerie gendarmeries gendarmery gendarmes gender-blind gender-free gender-neutral gender-neutral pronoun gender-neutral pronouns

gender agreement gender benders gender bias gender blind gender changer

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