Topic: LINGUISTICS
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | gendre, from Latin genus; GENUS |
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gen‧der
1 [uncountable and countable] the fact of being male or female COLLOCATIONS COLLOCATIONS
gender differences/distinctions (=differences between men and women) gender roles gender inequality/bias (=when one gender is treated more fairly than another) gender relations gender stereotype (=a fixed idea of what men or women are like) gender politics (=the way that men and women compete with each other for power) gender issues (=ideas and problems related to being male or female in society) gender identity (=whether someone is male or female) 
people of the same genderDiscrimination on grounds of race or gender is forbidden.
COLLOCATIONS gender differences/distinctions (=differences between men and women) gender roles gender inequality/bias (=when one gender is treated more fairly than another) gender relations gender stereotype (=a fixed idea of what men or women are like) gender politics (=the way that men and women compete with each other for power) gender issues (=ideas and problems related to being male or female in society) gender identity (=whether someone is male or female)
people of the same genderDiscrimination on grounds of race or gender is forbidden.2 [countable] males or females, considered as a group : differences between the genders
differences between the genders3
a) [uncountable]SLG the system in some languages of marking words such as nouns, adjectives, and pronouns as being masculine, feminine, or neuter
b) [countable]SLG a group such as feminine into which words are divided in this system
