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genre — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • gender noun The state of being male, female, or another identity, often understood as bound up with social roles and personal identity, distinct from biological sex.
  • genre noun A category of artistic work, especially literature, music, or film, defined by a shared style or subject matter.
  • genus noun A biological classification rank grouping closely related species, sitting below family and above species.
  • kind noun A type or category of thing that shares common features with others.
  • like verb To enjoy something or find it agreeable; to be favorably disposed toward someone or something.
  • sort noun A particular type or kind of something.
  • type noun A category or class of things that share particular features.
  • voice noun The sound a person produces when speaking or singing.

Senses

genre is used for these senses in English:

  • as if (idiomatic) Indicates that the speaker deems something highly unlikely.
  • genre A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
  • kind (type theory) The type of a type constructor or a higher-order type operator.
  • type A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
  • type Preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to.
  • voice (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.

gender — full definition

  1. noun The state of being male, female, or another identity, often understood as bound up with social roles and personal identity, distinct from biological sex.
  2. noun In grammar, a category — such as masculine, feminine, or neuter — that nouns and pronouns are sorted into in many languages.
  3. verb To assume, assign, or address someone as having a particular gender.

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