generic
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
generic
- Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific.
- […] the essence is that such self-describing poets describe what is in them, but not peculiar to them, – what is generic, not what is special and individual.
- Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise.
- (of a product or drug) Not having a brand name.
- (biology, not comparable) Of or relating to a taxonomic genus.
- Relating to gender.
- (grammar) Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene.
- Words like salesperson and firefighter are generic.
- (computing) (Of program code) Written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.
- (geometry, of a point) Having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field.
- (comprehensive) broad, general; see also Thesaurus:generic
- (lacking in precision) fuzzy, indefinite; see also Thesaurus:vague
- (lacking a brand) unbranded
- (comprehensive) specific, particular, concrete; see also Thesaurus:specific
- (lacking a brand) non-generic, proprietary, branded
- French: générique
- German: allgemein, generisch, typisch
- Portuguese: genérico
- Russian: о́бщий
- Spanish: genérico
- German: artmäßig, gattungsmäßig, arttypisch
- Portuguese: genérico
- Russian: родово́й
- French: générique
- German: Generikum
- Portuguese: genérico
- Russian: нема́рочный
- Spanish: genérico (of a drug)
- Russian: о́бщий
generic (plural generics)
- A product sold under a generic name.
- A wine that is a blend of several wines, or made from a blend of several grape varieties.
- (grammar) A term that specifies neither male nor female.
- French: médicament générique, produit générique
- Portuguese: genérico
- Russian: джене́рик
- Russian: немарочный
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