noun Download 🔗Share A product sold under a generic name. Examples : "The pharmacy sold a generic brand of ibuprofen. " business economy commerce Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A wine that is a blend of several wines, or made from a blend of several grape varieties. Examples : "The wine shop owner recommended a generic, which was a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. " drink food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (grammar) A term that specifies neither male nor female. Examples : "The pronoun "they" is often used as a generic when the gender of the person is unknown or irrelevant. " grammar language linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific. Examples : ""Shrimp" is the generic name for a number of species of sea creature." type quality group Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise. Examples : "The teacher's instructions were quite generic, leaving students unsure of exactly what was expected for the project. " language communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a product or drug) Not having a brand name. Examples : "My doctor prescribed a generic ibuprofen for my headache. " medicine business commerce Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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adjective Download 🔗Share Relating to gender. Examples : "Many forms at the doctor's office now include a generic question about sex assigned at birth, instead of simply asking for the patient's gender. " sex biology anatomy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (grammar) Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene. Examples : "The job description used generic terms like "responsible" and "detail-oriented," not specifying whether they were looking for a male or female candidate. " grammar Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (Of program code) Written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter. Examples : "The professor asked us to write a generic sorting function that could sort lists of numbers, strings, or any other data type we chose. " computing technical technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a point) Having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field. Examples : "Because the chosen point was generic, it did not lie on any particular curve defined by the original equations. " math logic Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading