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Definitions for genuine
ˈdʒɛn yu ɪn or, sometimes, -ˌaɪn; ˈdʒɛn yu ɪn; ˈdʒɛn yuˌaɪngen·uine
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Princeton's WordNet
genuine, echt(adj)
not fake or counterfeit
"a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"
genuine, true(a), unfeigned(adj)
not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
"genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief"
actual, genuine, literal, real(adj)
being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
"her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"
Wiktionary
genuine(Adjective)
Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure.
a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials
Etymology: From genuinus, from gignere, from genere; see genus; or genu.
Webster Dictionary
Genuine(adj)
belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials
Freebase
Genuine
Genuine is the debut album of Christian teen pop singer Stacie Orrico, released in 2000 on Forefront Records. Orrico set a record in first week sales for a Christian female debut selling 13,000 copies. The album had six hit singles on Christian charts and radio. The song "Don't Look At Me" was featured on WOW #1s: 31 of the Greatest Christian Music Hits Ever. Videos were shot for the singles "Genuine" and "Everything", however only the video for "Everything" was featured in the deluxe bonus DVD for More to Life: The Best of Stacie Orrico.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Genuine
jen′ū-in, adj. natural, not spurious or adulterated: real: pure: (zool.) conformable to type.—adv. Gen′uinely.—n. Gen′uineness. [L. genuinus—gignĕre, to beget.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'genuine' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3001
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'genuine' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4346
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'genuine' in Adjectives Frequency: #406
Anagrams for genuine »
Guienne, ingenue, ingénue
Ingenue
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of genuine in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of genuine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of genuine in a Sentence
When I was a small boy growing up in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing and as we sat there in the warmth of a summer afternoon on a riverbank we talked about what we wanted to do when we grew up. I told him that I wanted to be a real major-league baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish.
An intelligent or brilliant feels ebullient only upon receiving the reward or award from the hands of genuine master, whereas the stupid or sycophant feels buoyant even when getting it from the hands of servant.
Now, it is not really about politics, it's about your genuine life.
I think that since Putin made the decision to cancel flights, most likely there is a genuine suspicion that it was a terrorist act. And of course, then it is correct to cancel the flights because it means it is dangerous to fly there.
The question is, was this a Stockholm Syndrome type of thing where she wound up having empathy with the people who are actually holding you hostage? there’s probably some of that involved. I don’t get the sense from studying this… that she was playing along… To me, she sounded very genuine in her hatred of the government… I think [the SLA] had turned her.
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Translations for genuine
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- حقيقي. صادق. صميمArabic
- ысынBashkir
- genuíCatalan, Valencian
- pravýCzech
- ægte, originalDanish
- echt, original, genuin, Original-German
- verdadero, legítimo, genuino, auténticoSpanish
- todellinen, aitoFinnish
- authentiqueFrench
- math dha-rìribhScottish Gaelic
- מקורי, אמתיHebrew
- वास्तविकHindi
- valódi, eredetiHungarian
- tulen, asliIndonesian
- autentikaIdo
- genuinoItalian
- 本物Japanese
- genuinaLatin
- īsts, īstensLatvian
- motuhengaMāori
- authentiek, echt, origineelDutch
- ekte, genuinNorwegian
- autentyczny, prawdziwyPolish
- legítimo, autêntico, genuínoPortuguese
- подлинный, истинный, настоящийRussian
- pravýSlovak
- äkta, genuinSwedish
- orijinal, gerçek, hakikiTurkish
- حقیقیUrdu
- legikVolapük
- 真正Chinese
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