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gendered
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of gender, , assign gender to
     2. v. (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of gender, , engender
     3. adj. (linguistics, of a language) Having grammatical gender.
           Grammatically, Hebrew is a gendered language because every noun is either masculine or feminine.
     4. adj. Pertaining to gender or having attributes due to gender.
           His clothes were highly gendered.
     5. adj. Divided by gender.
           In the past, parenting was a more gendered activity with more distinct male and female roles.
     gender
          1. n. Grammatical gender.
          2. n.          (grammar) A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neu
          3. n.          (grammar) Any division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech), such as masculine / feminine / neuter, or animate / inanimate.
          4. n.          (grammar) (synonym of voice, , particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs)
          5. n. (obsolete) Class; kind.
          6. n. (now sometimes proscribed) Sex (a category such as "male" or "female" into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species).
                the gene is activated in both genders
                The effect of the medication is dependent upon age, gender, and other factors.
          7. n. (sociology) Identification as a man, a woman or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person belongs on th
          8. n. (hardware) The quality which distinguishes connectors, which may be male (fitting into another connector) and female (having another connector fit into it), or genderless/androgynous (capable of fitti
          9. v. (sociology) To assign a gender to (a person); to perceive as having a gender; to address using terms (pronouns, nouns, adjectives...) that express a certain gender.
          10. v. (sociology) To perceive (a thing) as having characteristics associated with a certain gender, or as having been authored by someone of a certain gender.
          11. v. (archaic) To engender.
          12. v. (archaic, or obsolete) To breed.
but
     1. prep. (obsolete, outside, Scotland) Outside of.
           Away but the hoose and tell me whae's there.
     2. prep. Apart from, except (for), excluding.
           Everyone but Father left early.
           I like everything but that.
           Nobody answered the door when I knocked, so I had no choice but to leave.
     3. adv. Merely, only, just.
     4. adv. (Australian, conjunctive) Though, however.
           I'll have to go home early but.
     5. adv. Used as an intensifier.
           Nobody, but nobody, crosses me and gets away with it.
     6. conj. (following a negative clause or sentence) On the contrary, but rather (introducing a word or clause that contrasts with or contradicts the preceding clause or sentence without the negation).
           I am not rich but (I am) poor;  not John but Peter went there.
     7. conj. However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (implies that the following clause is contrary to prior belief or contrasts with or contradicts the preceding clause or sentence).
           She is very old but still attractive.
           You told me I could do that, but she said that I could not.
     8. conj. Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "ex
           I cannot but feel offended.
     9. conj. (archaic) Without its also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).
           It never rains but it pours.
     10. conj. (obsolete) Except with; unless with; without.
     11. conj. (obsolete) Only; solely; merely.
     12. conj. (obsolete) Until.
     13. n. An instance or example of using the word "but".
           It has to be done – no ifs or buts.
     14. n. (Scotland) The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
     15. n. A limit; a boundary.
     16. n. The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.
     17. v. (archaic) Use the word "but".
           But me no buts.
invariant
     1. adj. not varying; constant
     2. adj. (mathematics) Unaffected by a specified operation (especially by a transformation)
     3. adj. (computing, programming) Neither covariant nor contravariant.
     4. n. An invariant quantity, function etc.
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