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gen.

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3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/d͡ʒɛn/
  1. Information.

    Commonwealth · Ireland · UK · informal · uncountable
  2. Information about the location of a bird.

    uncountable
  3. Fan fiction that does not specifically focus on romance or sex.

    slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Clipping of general.

adj/d͡ʒɛn/
  1. general

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Clipping of general.

verb/d͡ʒɛn/
  1. To generate using an automated process, especially a computer program.

    genned with a LLM
Where this word comes from

Shortened from generate and generator.

noun/d͡ʒɛn/
  1. A generator (device that converts mechanical to electrical energy).

    slang
Where this word comes from

Shortened from generate and generator.

verb/d͡ʒɛn/
  1. To genetically engineer.

Where this word comes from

Shortened from genetic engineering

noun/d͡ʒɛn/
  1. A shilling.

    UK · obsolete · slang
Where this word comes from

Etymology unknown. Possibilities include: * Clipping of argent * Clipping of generalise, from back slang for English shilling.

noun/d͡ʒɛn/
  1. A generation (group of people born in a specific range of years).

    informal
  2. A specific version of something in a chronological sequence.

    in-compounds · informal
Where this word comes from

Clipping of generation.

noun/d͡ʒɛn/
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Gen (“member of the Gen Movement”).

    alt-of
adv/d͡ʒɛn/
  1. Clipping of genuinely.

    Internet · abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · not-comparable
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