Gen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Niger-Congo language of Togo.
noun
  1. A member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement.
name
  1. A female given name, a short form of Genevieve.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Gen. (“General”).
noun
  1. Information.
  2. Information about the location of a bird.
  3. Fan fiction that does not specifically focus on romance or sex.
adj
  1. general
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Gen (“member of the Gen Movement”).
verb
  1. To generate using an automated process, especially a computer program.
noun
  1. A generator (device that converts mechanical to electrical energy).
verb
  1. To genetically engineer.
noun
  1. A shilling.
noun
  1. A generation (group of people born in a specific range of years).
  2. A specific version of something in a chronological sequence.
adv
  1. Clipping of genuinely.
noun
  1. Initialism of group exemption number.

Pronunciation

/d͡ʒɛn/ En-au-gen.ogg

Word forms

Gen Gens genning genned

Etymology

Shortened from new generation, from Italian generazione nuova.

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