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Gen.
abbr.
1. also Gen or GEN general
2. Bible Genesis

gen.
abbr.
1. gender
2.
a. general
b. generally
3. genitive
4. genus

gen [dʒɛn]
n
Informal information give me the gen on your latest project See also gen up
[from gen(eral information)]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gen - informal term for information; "give me the gen on your new line of computers"
info, information - a message received and understood
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
Translations
Gen ABBR (Mil) =GeneralGen., Gral.
gen1 ABBR
1. =general, generally
2. =gendergen.
3. =genitivegen.

gen2 [dʒen] N (Brit) → información f
to give sb the gen on sthponer a algn al corriente de algo
gen up (Brit)
A. VT + ADV to gen sb up (on sth)poner a algn al corriente(de algo)
I'm thoroughly genned up nowahora estoy bien enterado, ahora estoy completamente al tanto
B. VI + ADV to gen up on sthinformarse acerca de algo
gen [ˈdʒɛn] n (British) to give sb the gen on sth → tuyauter > qn sur qch
Gen abbr of GeneralGen.
gen
n (Brit inf) → Informationen pl; to give somebody the gen on or about somethingjdn über etw (acc)informieren; to have some gen on somethingInformationen über etw (acc)haben, etwas über etw (acc)wissen; what’s the gen on this?worum geht es hier?
gen [dʒɛn] n (Brit) (fam) to give sb the gen on sthmettere qn al corrente di qc
gen [dʒɛn] n (Brit) (fam) to give sb the gen on sthmettere qn al corrente di qc


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