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Definition of gender
1a : a subclass within a grammatical class (such as noun, pronoun, adjective, or verb) of a language that is partly arbitrary but also partly based on distinguishable characteristics (such as shape, social rank, manner of existence, or sex) and that determines agreement with and selection of other words or grammatical formsb : membership of a word or a grammatical form in such a subclassc : an inflectional form (see inflection 3a) showing membership in such a subclass
2a : sex the feminine genderb : the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex
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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.
Recent Examples of gender from the Web
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Supermarket gender ratios shift too, as men jam store aisles to stock up on calorie-laden food.
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But the two prime ministers also had more serious topics to discuss, including gender equality.
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Yet the gender caution reaches across divides — and into many workplaces.
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The tweets ended five months of relative silence from the president on the volatile subject of gender, reintroducing a political vulnerability: his history of demeaning women for their age, appearance and mental capacity.
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Everyone—no matter their gender identity or sexual orientation or that of their assaulter—deserves legal protection from rape and rape-adjacent behaviors.
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The day also featured student presenters discussing gender issues.
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The dramatic about-face at Sunday's Cabinet meeting followed the initial approval of the plan in January 2016 to officially recognize the special mixed-gender prayer area at the Western Wall — the holiest site where Jews can pray.
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From 1989 onward, the collective has been tracking gender representation in some of the world’s most well-renowned art institutions, and the male gaze remains alive and well.
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Origin and Etymology of gender
Middle English gendre, from Anglo-French genre, gendre, from Latin gener-, genus birth, race, kind, gender — more at kin
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Recent Examples of gender from the Web
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Some of this work of grieving is undeniably gendered: Fulton and Martin’s memoir is an anomaly in that Martin, as the father, is a participant in telling Trayvon’s story.
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Herriman would switch the cat’s pronouns every so often, sometimes within a strip; in one, from 1921, Krazy switches gender four times in a single sentence.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gender'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Origin and Etymology of gender
Middle English gendren, from Anglo-French gendrer, from Latin generare — more at generate
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