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GEN
gen
(noun) informal term for information; “give me the gen on your new line of computers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
-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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