Definition of "gender" []

• Grammar A grammatical category used in the classification of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and, in some languages, verbs that may be arbitrary or based on characteristics such as sex or animacy and that determines agreement with or selection of modifiers, referents, or grammatical forms. (noun)
• Grammar One category of such a set. (noun)
• Grammar The classification of a word or grammatical form in such a category. (noun)
• Grammar The distinguishing form or forms used. (noun)
• Sexual identity, especially in relation to society or culture. (noun)

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• "Some words, then, have a gender quite apart from sex or real gender, and this is called «grammatical gender»."
• "UpdateCommand = "UPDATE [stock] SET [category] = @newcategory WHERE (([category] = @oldcategory) AND ([gender] = @gender))""
• "The participants were soon running roughshod over him, proving the term gender activist was a misnomer."