A member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement.
"The customs declaration listed the shipment's HS gen to determine if it qualified for duty-free entry under a specific trade agreement."
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Alternative letter-case form of Gen
A generator (device that converts mechanical to electrical energy).
A shilling.
A specific version of something in a chronological sequence.
Initialism of group exemption number.
In plain English: A gen is a special code used to identify groups who are exempt from certain regulations.
"To apply for a business tax credit, you'll need your company's gen."
Usage: Use the noun form "gen" as informal shorthand for a generation or specific version within a series, such as referring to different models of smartphones. Avoid using it when you need the formal terms "generation," "version," or the device meaning of generator unless speaking in casual tech contexts.
To generate using an automated process, especially a computer program.
"Scientists hope to gen plants that can survive in extremely dry climates."
To genetically engineer.
In plain English: It means changing the building blocks of living things.
"Scientists are working to gen crops that are resistant to drought."
A Niger-Congo language of Togo.
"The linguist traveled to Togo to study the tonal patterns of the gen language."
The word gen is a shortened form of the phrase new generation. It entered English directly from the Italian expression generazione nuova.