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 Definitions of Generic  [ʒəˈnɛr ɪk]  

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Definition of 'Generic' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (Also,) generic
of, pertaining to, or applicable to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind.

2.  generic
of, pertaining to, or constituting a genus.

3.  generic
(of a word) applicable or referring to both men and women:
a generic pronoun.

4.  generic
not protected by trademark registration; nonproprietary:
a generic drug.

5. (n.) generic
a generic term.

6.  generic
any product, as a food, drug, or cosmetic, that can be sold without a brand name.

7.  generic
a wine made from two or more varieties of grapes, with no one grape constituting more than half the product

Etymology:  (1670–80; < L gener- (see gender1) + -ic)

Definition of 'Generic' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) generic, generic wine
a wine that is a blend of several varieties of grapes with no one grape predominating; a wine that does not carry the name of any specific grape

2. (adj) generic
any product that can be sold without a brand name

3. (adj) generic
relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus
"the generic name"

4. (adj) generic
(of drugs) not protected by trademark
"`Acetaminophen' is the generic form of the proprietary drug `Tylenol'"

5. (adj) generic
applicable to an entire class or group
"is there a generic Asian mind?"


Definition of 'Generic' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) generic
of a general type, not a particular one
a generic greeting card that you can use for any occasion


Definition of 'Generic' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Generic
alt. of Generical


Translation of 'Generic' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (of a name, term etc) referring to several similar objects etc
`Furniture' is a generic term for chairs, tables etc.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: algemene Arabic flag Arabic: للجِنْس عامَّة، عام Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: общ
Brazilian flag Brazilian: genérico Czech flag Czech: rodový German flag German: allgemein
Danish flag Danish: fælles-; generisk Greek flag Greek: γενικός, χαρακτηριστικός Spanish flag Spanish: genérico
Estonian flag Estonian: üld- Farsi flag Farsi: گروهی Finnish flag Finnish: yleinen
French flag French: générique Hebrew flag Hebrew: של סוג Hindi flag Hindi: जाति का
Croatian flag Croatian: generički, uopćen Hungarian flag Hungarian: gyűjtő (fogalom, név) Indonesian flag Indonesian: istilah umum
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ættkvíslar- Italian flag Italian: generico Japanese flag Japanese: 総称的な
Korean flag Korean: 총칭적인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: bendras, apibendrinantis Latvian flag Latvian: sugas-
Malay flag Malay: generik Dutch flag Dutch: generiek Norwegian flag Norwegian: felles-, generisk
Polish flag Polish: ogólny Persian flag Persian: گروهی Pashto flag Pashto: جنسى، نوعى: عمومى
Romanian flag Romanian: generic Russian flag Russian: общий Slovak flag Slovak: rodový
Slovenian flag Slovenian: splošen, obči Serbian flag Serbian: opšti Swedish flag Swedish: sammanfattande, samlings-
Thai flag Thai: โดยทั่วไป; เกี่ยวกับจำพวก Turkish flag Turkish: cinsle ilgili, türsel Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 通用的(名稱)
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: загальний, родовий Urdu flag Urdu: ایک جیسی اشیا سے متعلق Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chung cho cả loại
Chinese flag Chinese: 一般的

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