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- 1 general not-comparable
- 1 A Niger-Congo language of Togo.
- 2 A female given name, a short form of Genevieve.
"Hal. Oh, don't fuss, Gen. I'll do my part all right. Mamma's 'structed me, you know. Genevieve. Instructed, Hal."
- 1 A member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement.
- 2 Alternative form of Gen. (“General”). alt-of, alternative
"Particularly notable was the presence not just of Nato’s military chief, the American Gen Christopher Cavoli, but also Adm Sir Tony Radakin, Britain’s most senior military officer, who is now acknowledged in Washington and Kyiv as an increasingly important actor in helping Ukraine overcome the Russian invaders."
- 3 Information. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal, uncountable
"Nose around any modest-sized station and the odds are you'll find that the chargeman's office doubles as a bashers' club, a place where shivering spotters can get warm and catch up on the gen."
- 4 Alternative letter-case form of Gen (“member of the Gen Movement”). alt-of
- 5 A generator (device that converts mechanical to electrical energy). slang
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- 6 A shilling. UK, obsolete, slang
"The betting also began to shift. "Sixpence Ned wins!" cried three or four; "Sixpence he loses!" answered another; "Done!" and up went the halfpence. "Half-a-crown Joe loses!"—"Here you are," answered Joe, but he lost again. "I'll try you a 'gen'" (shilling) said a coster; "And a 'rouf yenap'" (fourpence), added the other. "Say a 'exes'" (sixpence).—"Done!" and the betting continued, till the ground was spotted with silver and halfpence."
- 7 A generation (group of people born in a specific range of years). informal
""Mladenovic playing in what the young gen is calling a crop top, but what my gen is calling a bra," Bouchard tweeted. "Sign of the times that Wimbledon has no issue with that. Still can remember the year some had troubles because of 'too short' skirts lol.""
- 8 Initialism of group exemption number. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 9 informal term for information wordnet
- 10 Information about the location of a bird. uncountable
"I had some recent gen that they had been seen quite recently at Kunoth Well, a little dot on the map on the edge of the Tanami Desert."
- 11 A specific version of something in a chronological sequence. in-compounds, informal
"For my fellow first-gens, get ready to hide a smirk, because your life story is likely hidden somewhere in this chapter. For the uninitiated—that is, the person who's never had a thing to do with the Arab way of doing things (namely dating)—I advise you to buckle up."
- 12 Fan fiction that does not specifically focus on romance or sex. slang, uncountable
- 1 To generate using an automated process, especially a computer program.
"genned with a LLM"
- 2 To genetically engineer.
"Samples could be taken from the original, and plans could be made, but genning could not be initiated until death had occurred."
Etymology
Shortened from new generation, from Italian generazione nuova.
Clipping of general.
Clipping of general.
Shortened from generate and generator.
Shortened from generate and generator.
Shortened from genetic engineering
Etymology unknown. Possibilities include: * Clipping of argent * Clipping of generalise, from back slang for English shilling.
Clipping of generation.
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