Word Finder - gender

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Class; kind.

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(grammar) A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common, and animate or inanimate.

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(now sometimes proscribed) Sex (a category such as "male" or "female" into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species).

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The effect of the medication is dependent upon age, gender, and other factors.

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Identification as a man, a woman or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person belongs on this basis. (Compare gender role, gender identity.)

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(hardware) The quality which distinguishes connectors, which may be male (fitting into another connector) and female (having another connector fit into it), or genderless/androgynous (capable of fitting together with another connector of the same type).

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To assign a gender to (a person); to perceive as having a gender; to address using terms (pronouns, nouns, adjectives...) that express a certain gender.

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To perceive (a thing) as having characteristics associated with a certain gender, or as having been authored by someone of a certain gender.

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Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character

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His low voice allowed him to become a bass in the choir.

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Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.

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The tone or sound emitted by an object

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The faculty or power of utterance

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to cultivate the voice

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That which is communicated; message; meaning.

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An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered

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Command; precept.

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One who speaks; a speaker.

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A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.

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(grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.

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The verbal system of Latin has two voices, active and passive.

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In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.

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The theme of this piece constantly migrates between the three voice parts.

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(IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel.