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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gen /dʒɛn/ n - informal information: give me the gen on your latest project
See also gen up Etymology: 20th Century: from gen(eral information) WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024-gen-, root. - -gen- comes from Greek and Latin, where it has the meanings "race;
birth; born; produced.'' These meanings are found in such words as: antigen, carcinogen, congenital, degenerate, engender, erogenous, gender, gene, generate, genus, homogenize.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024-gen, - a combining form meaning "that which produces,'' used in the formation of compound words:endogen; hydrogen.
- French -gène Greek -genēs born, produced; akin to Latin genus, kin
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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -gen suffix forming nouns - producing or that which produces: hydrogen
- something produced: carcinogen
Etymology: via French -gène, from Greek -genēs born Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Gen. abbreviation for - General
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