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Gen
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example Sentences
- They did know that the course potentially fulfills two gen ed requirements and fit their work schedule.
- If boomers don't retire, there will be fewer jobs available for the next gen.
- During our gen ed reform discussions this year, various people made the argument for including the arts and history as well.
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World English Dictionary
| gen (dʒɛn) | |
| —n | |
| informal See also gen up information: give me the gen on your latest project | |
| [C20: from gen(eral information)] | |
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Word Origin & History
genesis
O.E., from L. genesis, adopted as title of first book of Old Testament in Vulgate, from Gk. genesis "origin, creation, generation," from gignesthai "to be born," related to genos "race, birth, descent" (see genus). As such, it translated Heb. bereshith, lit. "in the beginning,"
EXPANDwhich was the first word of the text, taken in error as its title. Extended sense of "origin, creation" first recorded in English c.1600.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
-gen or -gene
suff.
Producer: androgen.
One that is produced: phosgene.
genesis gen·e·sis (jěn'ĭ-sĭs)
n. pl. gen·e·ses (-sēz')
The coming into being of something; the origin.
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Cultural Dictionary
Genesis definition
The first book of the Old Testament; its first words are “In the beginning” (genesis is a Greek word for “beginning”). It covers the time from the beginning of the world through the days of the patriarchs, including the stories of the Creation, Adam and Eve, the Fall of Man, Cain and Abel, Noah and the Flood, God's covenant with Abraham, Abraham and Isaac, Jacob and Esau, and Joseph and his brothers.
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