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Definition gender in British English

gender noun

noun
/ˈdʒendə(r)/
1

the fact of being either male or female

Example

The job is open to all applicants regardless of age, race, or gender.

Example

The study examines gender roles in Latin America.

Synonyms and related words
agender androgynous gender
2

all male people, or all female people

Example

the entire male gender

Synonyms and related words
agender androgynous gender
3

the gender of a word is whether it is masculine, feminine, or neuter. In English, only pronouns like 'he' and 'she' and possessive determiners like 'his' and 'her' have gender, but in other languages such as French all nouns, pronouns etc have gender.

Synonyms and related words
accusative adjunct allomorph
Definition gender in British English

Related Words

Words related to gender:

demigender (adjective) gender (noun) gender bender (noun) gender bias (noun) gender disappointment (noun) gender dysphoria (noun) gender identity disorder (noun) gender incongruence (noun) gender incongruent (adjective) gender neutrality (noun) gender non-conforming (adjective) gender non-conformity (noun) gender pay gap (noun) gender reassignment (noun) gender reveal (noun) gender violence (noun) gender-fluid (adjective) gender-neutral (adjective) gender-specific (adjective) the gender gap (noun) third gender (noun)