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gender

gender

102 2.4
Body parts and features that show someone is male or female
  • noun
  • /ˈdʒɛndər/
translation icon : sexo
  • Sure, you know, you see an attractive member of the opposite gender, you have an automatic response.
  • age and gender
  • gender differences
  • gender and ethnicity

But you can tell a sheep's gender from a helicopter.

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Examples

  • Love was indiscriminate of gender.

  • I think that there is room for both genders within fashion.

  • So do you believe gender is man or woman?

  • On average, who has more opposite gender partners, men or women?

  • I might be attracted to, you know, one gender or another.

  • Nowhere in that structure is the sex or gender of the participants relevant.

    Academic text (2011)
  • There was no significant effect of gender or teaching experience on their responses.

    Academic text (2011)
  • And it strikes without regard to age, gender or race.

  • Based upon these results, there were little if any gender differences in the behavior of favorite coaches.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Some people face discrimination because of their gender, which can affect their job opportunities.

Synonyms

sex
vsgender
690 1.0

One of the two main groups of living things, male or female

is the condition of being one of those categories with biological emphasis

Idioms

1 8.0

To mention someone's gender to gain an advantage in a discussion

8.4

To mention being a woman or man to avoid blame and get sympathy

Compounds

11 3.4

Ideas in a society about how men and women should behave

A person's inner feeling about being male, female, both, or neither

Different ways people understand and show themselves as male, female, both, or neither

grammatical gender
  • Specialized
1 7.7

A system in some languages that puts nouns into groups like masculine or feminine

gender agreement
  • Specialized
6.2

Words in a phrase use the same masculine or feminine form

How Diverse

gender
102 2.4

Surface Forms

gender singular
genders plural

Etymology

Gender comes from the old root gen- meaning 'birth' or 'kind', which you can see in generate and gene. It came to be used for the state of being male or female because that is a basic 'kind' someone is born into.