gender
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈdʒɛndər/
- Specialized
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género gramatical
- We don't tolerate gender bias in this house.
- gender classes
- gender-neutral
You can change the age, gender, number of a character.
- You can change the age, gender, number of a character.
- A noun and all its modifiers must agree in gender, case, and number.
- Currently Michael, the Church of England is looking at using gender neutral pronouns for God.
Examples
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In many languages, nouns must agree with their corresponding gender for proper grammatical structure.
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It's like a third gender.
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The entire female gender is separated into two groups.
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And I decided to focus explicitly on gender classification.
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A noun and all its modifiers must agree in gender, case, and number.
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Participant information, including age, gender, and VC, appears in Table 1.
Academic text (2011) -
In 1985, Parliament amended the act to remove more than 100 years of legislated gender discrimination.
Fiction book (2002) -
Information was obtained for each student describing age, gender, grade, ethnicity, and eligibility for gifted services.
Academic text (1999) -
The link to the surveys was sent to schools with single-gender classrooms.
Academic text (2011) -
The majority of the teachers report that participating in single-gender classrooms improved males' behavior, participation, and attitude toward school.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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7.7
A system in some languages that puts nouns into groups like masculine or feminine
The gender of a noun in Sanskrit, like masculine or feminine
Idioms
- Literature
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8.0
To mention someone's gender to gain an advantage in a discussion
- Literature
To mention being a woman or man to avoid blame and get sympathy
Compounds
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4.4
Different ways people understand and show themselves as male, female, both, or neither
- Specialized
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7.7
A system in some languages that puts nouns into groups like masculine or feminine
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gender comes from the old root gen- meaning 'kind' or 'birth', the same root you see in generate and gene. In grammar it means a 'kind' of noun, so masculine, feminine or neuter are simply different 'kinds' of words.