GEN

gen

(noun) informal term for information; “give me the gen on your new line of computers”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Proper noun

Gen

A Niger-Congo language of Togo.

Etymology 2

Noun

Gen (plural Gens)

A member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement.

Anagrams

• ENG, Eng., eng, neg, neg.

Etymology 1

Noun

gen (uncountable)

(chiefly, British, informal) information

(birdwatching) Information about the location of a bird.

(fandom) Fan fiction that does not specifically focus on romance or sex.

Synonyms

• (fan fiction): genfic

Etymology 2

Noun

gen (plural gens)

Alternative letter-case form of Gen

Etymology 3

Verb

gen (third-person singular simple present gens, present participle genning, simple past and past participle genned)

To generate using an automated process, especially a computer program.

Noun

gen (plural gens)

(slang) A generator (device that converts mechanical to electrical energy).

Synonym: genny

Etymology 4

Verb

gen (third-person singular simple present gens, present participle genning, simple past and past participle genned)

(science fiction) To genetically engineer.

Etymology 5

Noun

gen (plural gens)

(obsolete, UK, slang) A shilling.

Etymology 6

Noun

gen (plural gens)

(informal) A specific version of something in a chronological sequence.

Anagrams

• ENG, Eng., eng, neg, neg.

Noun

GEN (plural GENs)

(taxation, US) Initialism of group exemption number.

Anagrams

• ENG, Eng., eng, neg, neg.

Source: Wiktionary

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-gen. Etym: [(1) From Gr. -gen-, from the same root as ge`nos race, stock (see Genus). (2) From Gr. suffix -genh`s born. Cf. F. -gène.]

1. A suffix used in scientific words in the sense of producing, generating: as, amphigen, amidogen, halogen.

2. A suffix meaning produced, generated; as, exogen.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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