Definitions for generous
ˈdʒɛn ər əsgen·er·ous

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. generous(adj)

   willing to give and share unstintingly

   "a generous donation"

2. generous(adj)

   not petty in character and mind

   "unusually generous in his judgment of people"

3. generous(adj)

   more than adequate

   "a generous portion"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. generous(Adjective)

   Of noble birth.

   Etymology: From genereux, and its source, generosus, from genus.

2. generous(Adjective)

   Noble in behaviour or actions; principled, not petty; kind, magnanimous.

   Thank you for your generous words.

   Etymology: From genereux, and its source, generosus, from genus.

3. generous(Adjective)

   Willing to give and share unsparingly; showing a readiness to give more (especially money) than is expected or needed.

   She's been extremely generous with her winnings.

   Etymology: From genereux, and its source, generosus, from genus.

4. generous(Adjective)

   Large, more than ample, copious.

   Etymology: From genereux, and its source, generosus, from genus.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Generous(adj)

   of honorable birth or origin; highborn

2. Generous(adj)

   exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited; courageous

3. Generous(adj)

   open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as, a generous friend or father

4. Generous(adj)

   characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as, a generous table

5. Generous(adj)

   full of spirit or strength; stimulating; exalting; as, generous wine

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Generous

   Generous was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1991 won both the Epsom and the Irish Derby. As a two-year-old he won three of his six races, most notably the Dewhurst Stakes as a 50/1 outsider. He finished fourth in the 2000 Guineas on his three-year-old debut, but showed vastly improved form when moved up to longer distances in summer. In a period of seven weeks he won the Derby by five lengths, the Irish Derby by three lengths and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes by a record seven lengths. His performances established him as one of the outstanding British racehorses of his era. After running poorly in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe he was retired to stud, where his record was disappointing.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Generous

   jen′ėr-us, adj. of a noble nature: courageous: liberal: bountiful: invigorating in its nature, as wine: (obs.) nobly born.—adv. Gen′erously.—ns. Gen′erousness, Generos′ity, nobleness or liberality of nature: (arch.) nobility of birth. [Fr. généreux—L. generosus, of noble birth—genus, birth.]

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1. generous

   Willing to contribute, give or share money, skills or time.

   She was a generous soul who contributed to the community in the form of mentoring and volunteering, donated items to the charity shop and shared money with others from her profitable businesses to overseas charities.

   Submitted by MaryC on September 20, 2015  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'generous' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4037

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'generous' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4433

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'generous' in Adjectives Frequency: #534

How to pronounce generous?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

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   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of generous in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of generous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of generous in a Sentence

1. Thomas Fiedler:

   What an extraordinary talent and a remarkable human being, he was generous, kind, smart, funny, and we have felt so fortunate that he had decided to start what we hoped would be a long association with Boston University.

2. Gerald Bourke:

   Donors have been very generous, they continue to be very generous. The problem is that the needs just keep outpacing the resources available to meet those needs.

3. Florian Hense:

   By exempting a significant chunk of bank deposits from the negative deposit rate and making its offer of long-term liquidity for banks even more generous, the ECB is mitigating the impact of a negative deposit rate on bank balance sheets, by lowering funding costs further, it can make it easier for governments to finance a modest fiscal expansion and nudge countries with some extra fiscal space to actually use it – think Germany.

4. Elbert Hubbard:

   To know when to be generous and when to be firm -- this is wisdom.

5. Fannie Martin-Williams:

   He was a kind, generous man. He was a hard-working man, everyone respected him. He loved his church; he loved his community; he loved his family. ... He met no strangers. And he left no task undone.

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