gendernoun
uk/ˈdʒen.dər/us/ˈdʒen.dɚ/gender noun (SEX)
B2 [ U ] the physical and/or social condition of being male or female:
Does this test show the gender of the baby?
Discrimination on the basis of race, gender, age or disability is not allowed.
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sex noun
[ C, + sing/pl verb ] all males, or all females, considered as one group:
I think both genders are capable of taking care of children.
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sex noun
More examples
- She felt that her destiny had been shaped by her gender.
- The sample of people questioned was drawn from the university's student register and stratified by age and gender.
- Male actors were used to play characters of both genders.
- Forensic scientists can tell the gender of the victim from the skeleton.
- There is an even gender ratio within the company.
gender noun (GRAMMAR)
B2 [ C ] specialized language the grammatical arrangement of nouns, pronouns and adjectives into masculine, feminine, and neuter types in some languages
Examples
- Gender, of course, isn't an issue in the English language.
- I so often get the gender wrong when I'm trying to speak French.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: grammatical terms
- ablative
- apposition
- attributive
- collocate
- comparative
- declension
- decline
- dependent clause
- grammar
- grammarian
- grammatical
- independent clause
- indirect object
- inflect
- interrogative
- modifier
- plurality
- qualify
- reflexive
- superlative
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