GENDER
/ΛdΚΙndΙ/
8
Scrabble
10
WWF
G(2) E(1) N(1) D(2) E(1) R(1)
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Definition
/ΛdΚΙndΙ/
noun
- Class; kind.
- (grammar) A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common, and animate or inanimate.
- (now sometimes proscribed) Sex (a category such as "male" or "female" into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species).“The effect of the medication is dependent upon age, gender, and other factors.”
- Identification as a man, a woman or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person belongs on this basis. (Compare gender role, gender identity.)
- (hardware) The quality which distinguishes connectors, which may be male (fitting into another connector) and female (having another connector fit into it), or genderless/androgynous (capable of fitting together with another connector of the same type).
verb
- To assign a gender to (a person); to perceive as having a gender; to address using terms (pronouns, nouns, adjectives...) that express a certain gender.
- To perceive (a thing) as having characteristics associated with a certain gender, or as having been authored by someone of a certain gender.
noun
- Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character“His low voice allowed him to become a bass in the choir.”
- Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; β distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
- The tone or sound emitted by an object
- The faculty or power of utterance“to cultivate the voice”
- That which is communicated; message; meaning.
Source: Wiktionary
