What is "generic" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does generic mean in English? Meaning of generic definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "generic" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "generic": 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

Noun

  • Meaning: 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
  • Synonyms: generic generic wine
  • Hypernyms: vino wine
  • Antonyms: varietal varietal wine
  • Meaning of "generic": relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus

    Adjective

  • Meaning: relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus
  • Example: the generic name
  • Synonyms: generic
  • Meaning of "generic": any product that can be sold without a brand name

    Noun

  • Meaning: any product that can be sold without a brand name
  • Synonyms: generic
  • Hyponyms: generic drug
  • Hypernyms: merchandise product ware
  • Meaning of "generic": (of drugs) not protected by trademark

    Adjective

  • Meaning: (of drugs) not protected by trademark
  • Example: `Acetaminophen' is the generic form of the proprietary drug `Tylenol'
  • Synonyms: generic
  • Similar: nonproprietary
  • Meaning of "generic": applicable to an entire class or group

    Adjective

  • Meaning: applicable to an entire class or group
  • Example: is there a generic Asian mind?
  • Synonyms: generic
  • Similar: general
  • Adjective: Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific. "...the essence is that such self-describing poets describe what is in them, but not peculiar to them, – what is generic, not what is special and individual." — Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)"...the essence is that such self-describing poets describe what is in them, but not peculiar to them, – what is generic, not what is special and individual." — Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise.(of a product or drug) Not having a brand name.(biology, not comparable) Of or relating to a taxonomic genus.(grammar) Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene. Words like salesperson and firefighter are generic.(computing) (Of program code) Written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.(geometry, of a point) Having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field.
  • Synonyms:

    universal, sweeping, comprehensive, blanket, collective, inclusive, wide, all-encompassing, nonexclusive,

    Antonyms:

    exclusive, individual, specific, particular,

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    generic in English: generic
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