Simple Definition of gender
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: the state of being male or female
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grammar : one of the categories (masculine, feminine, and neuter) into which words (such as nouns, adjectives, and pronouns) are divided in many languages
Full Definition of gender
1 a : a subclass within a grammatical class (as noun, pronoun, adjective, or verb) of a language that is partly arbitrary but also partly based on distinguishable characteristics (as shape, social rank, manner of existence, or sex) and that determines agreement with and selection of other words or grammatical forms b : membership of a word or a grammatical form in such a subclass c : an inflectional form showing membership in such a subclass
2 a : sex <the feminine gender> b : the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex
Examples of gender in a sentence
Please state your name, birth date, and gender.
The adjective and noun must agree in number and gender.
Some languages do not use genders.
Origin of gender
Middle English gendre, from Anglo-French genre, gendre, from Latin gener-, genus birth, race, kind, gender — more at kin
First Known Use: 14th century
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Origin of gender
Middle English gendren, from Anglo-French gendrer, from Latin generare — more at generate
First Known Use: 14th century
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Medical Dictionary: Definition of "gender" Spanish Central: Translation of "gender" Nglish: Translation of "gender" for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of "gender" for Arabic speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about "gender"
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