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  1. gender:


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Detailed Synonyms for gender in English

gender:

gender [the ~] noun

  1. the gender
    the gender; the sex
  2. the gender
    – the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles 1
    the gender; the sex; the sexuality
    – the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles 1
    • gender [the ~] noun
    • sex [the ~] noun
      • she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus1
    • sexuality [the ~] noun
  3. the gender
    – 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 1
    the gender; the grammatical gender
    – 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 1

gender

  1. gender

Related Words for "gender":

  • genders

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Related Definitions for "gender":

  1. the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles1
  2. 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 animateness1

Related Synonyms for gender