generic
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Very broad; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific instances.
Capri pants can be a generic term for any cropped slim pants.
- 2.
Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise.
- 3.
(pharmacology) Of a product or drug, not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class.
- 4.
(taxonomy) Pertaining to genera of life instead of particular species thereof.
Holonym: familial
Meronyms: infrasubspecific, infraspecific, subspecific, specific
There are scores of generic names within the order Decapoda, which includes many sea creatures that are called shrimp.
- 5.
(nonstandard)(grammar, nonstandard) Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene; unisex.
Words like salesperson and firefighter are generic.
This included criticism of the generic use of man to include men and women.
- 6.
(computing) Of a procedure, written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.
- 7.
(geometry) Of a point, having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field.
- 8.
Relating to genre.
- 9.
Having no distinguishing characteristics; unoriginal.
That movie was so generic; it was such a bore!
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A product sold under a generic name.
- 2.
A wine that is a combination of several wines, or made from a combination of several grape varieties.
Đồng nghĩa: blend
- 3.
(grammar) A term that specifies neither male nor female.
- 4.
(toponymy) The part of a toponym that identifies the feature's type.
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ine-pro From frm générique, from Latin genus (genus, kind) + -ic.