--- title: G — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 6 description: The 650 words of the English dictionary under G, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / G # G — The English dictionary · page 6 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) … [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/5/) **6** [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/7/) … [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/33/) **gazette** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A gazette is an official newspaper that prints news, notices and honours.[↗](../../gazette/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The gazette printed the news of the wedding.[↗](../../gazette/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His name was in the gazette.[↗](../../gazette/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The town gazette came out every week.[↗](../../gazette/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **gazillion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, hyperbole) A gazillion is a made-up, huge number used to say «very, very many»; it is not a real number.[↗](../../gazillion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Gazillions means an enormous amount, more than anyone could count.[↗](../../gazillion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I've asked you a gazillion times to tidy your room\![↗](../../gazillion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There were gazillions of ants on the picnic blanket.[↗](../../gazillion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She has a gazillion stickers in her collection.[↗](../../gazillion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sky had a gazillion stars that night.[↗](../../gazillion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «How many questions are on the test?»[↗](../../gazillion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") «About a gazillion.»[↗](../../gazillion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The phone game has gazillions of players.[↗](../../gazillion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **gdp** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (money) GDP stands for gross domestic product: the total value of all the goods and services a country makes in one year.[↗](../../gdp/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* GDP is often used to compare how big or rich countries' economies are.[↗](../../gdp/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The USA has the largest GDP in the world.[↗](../../gdp/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · GDP measures everything a country makes and sells in a year.[↗](../../gdp/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If GDP goes down for six months, people talk about a recession.[↗](../../gdp/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · To find GDP per person, divide the GDP by the population.[↗](../../gdp/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The news said GDP grew by 1 percent this year.[↗](../../gdp/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A country with a small GDP can still have happy people.[↗](../../gdp/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Tourism adds a lot to New Zealand's GDP.[↗](../../gdp/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* «Ge» is not an English word on its own.[↗](../../ge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is a piece of a longer word, for example «age», «gem» or «get».[↗](../../ge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ge is the chemistry symbol for germanium, a grey element used in electronics.[↗](../../ge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* GE can stand for General Electric, an American company, or for «general election» in news talk.[↗](../../ge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In Greek myths, Ge (also Gaia) is the goddess of the Earth (a name).[↗](../../ge/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In «page», the letters «ge» make a /j/ sound.[↗](../../ge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ge is the symbol for germanium on the periodic table.[↗](../../ge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Words like «huge» and «cage» end in «ge».[↗](../../ge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Greeks called the Earth goddess Ge or Gaia.[↗](../../ge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our fridge was made by GE.[↗](../../ge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Ge» at the start of «gentle» sounds soft.[↗](../../ge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus came into being the two first great primeval deities of the Greeks, Uranus and Ge or Gaea.[↗](../../ge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Meonothai begot Ophrah; and Seraiah begot Joab the father of Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen.[↗](../../ge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.4.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **gear** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The equipment or clothes you need for an activity, like camping gear or football gear.[↗](../../gear/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A wheel with teeth around the edge that turns another toothed wheel in a machine.[↗](../../gear/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* One of the settings on a bike or car that changes how fast the wheels turn compared with the pedals or engine: first gear, low gear.[↗](../../gear/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* "Gear up" means get ready.[↗](../../gear/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pack your swimming gear for tomorrow.[↗](../../gear/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Change to a lower gear to ride up the hill.[↗](../../gear/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The clock has lots of tiny gears inside.[↗](../../gear/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Always wear your safety gear when skateboarding.[↗](../../gear/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The small gear turns twice for every turn of the big gear.[↗](../../gear/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The team geared up for the big match.[↗](../../gear/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad put the car in first gear.[↗](../../gear/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our camping gear filled the whole boot of the car.[↗](../../gear/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The boy, having donned his hunting gear, would join the king at a place arranged between them, and then they ranged abroad as chance might direct.[↗](../../gear/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **gecko** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A gecko is a small lizard that lives in warm countries, with sticky toe pads that let it climb walls and even walk on ceilings.[↗](../../gecko/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A gecko ran up the wall and across the ceiling.[↗](../../gecko/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Geckos can lose their tails to escape from predators.[↗](../../gecko/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a green gecko in New Zealand.[↗](../../gecko/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class pet is a leopard gecko.[↗](../../gecko/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Geckos chirp and click at night.[↗](../../gecko/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists study gecko feet to make sticky tape.[↗](../../gecko/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon.[↗](../../gecko/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gecko/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gee** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, US) Gee is a word showing surprise, delight or mild annoyance, like "wow" or "oh".[↗](../../gee/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* "Gee up" is what riders say to make a horse go faster; (UK, informal) to gee someone up means to encourage them.[↗](../../gee/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Gee is the name of the letter G.[↗](../../gee/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gee, that's a big dog\![↗](../../gee/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Gee, thanks for the present!"[↗](../../gee/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Gee whiz, look at all that snow\![↗](../../gee/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "Gee up!" shouted the farmer to his horse.[↗](../../gee/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach geed the team up at half-time.[↗](../../gee/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Gee, I wish I could come too.[↗](../../gee/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Gee up! gee up!" he cried; "now we've got him!"[↗](../../gee/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") But here a stream crossed the road, and the stag plunged into the water.[↗](../../gee/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Gel is a thick, wobbly or sticky substance, between a liquid and a solid, like hair gel, shower gel or hand gel.[↗](../../gel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To gel is to become firmer, like jelly setting.[↗](../../gel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To gel (of people) is to start to work well together.[↗](../../gel/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Use some hand gel before lunch.[↗](../../gel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He put gel in his hair to make it spiky.[↗](../../gel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The jelly gelled in the fridge.[↗](../../gel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team really gelled in the second half.[↗](../../gel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Put a cold gel pack on the bump.[↗](../../gel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Aloe vera gel soothes sunburn.[↗](../../gel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Shower gel smells of strawberries.[↗](../../gel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gelatine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Gelatine is a clear substance with no taste, made by boiling animal bones and skin, which makes liquids set into a wobbly solid when they cool.[↗](../../gelatine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) Gelatine is used to make jelly, sweets, glue, capsules for medicine and photographic film.[↗](../../gelatine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Jelly sets because of the gelatine.[↗](../../gelatine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Gummy bears are made with gelatine.[↗](../../gelatine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · These sweets are gelatine-free, so they are vegetarian.[↗](../../gelatine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Soak the gelatine sheets in cold water first.[↗](../../gelatine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Medicine capsules are often made of gelatine.[↗](../../gelatine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Agar is a plant-based swap for gelatine.[↗](../../gelatine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The gelatine made the dessert wobble.[↗](../../gelatine/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gelatinous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Thick, soft and wobbly like jelly.[↗](../../gelatinous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Made of or containing gelatine, the clear substance used to set jelly.[↗](../../gelatinous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Frogspawn is a gelatinous mass of eggs.[↗](../../gelatinous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The jellyfish's body is soft and gelatinous.[↗](../../gelatinous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Chia seeds turn gelatinous when you soak them in water.[↗](../../gelatinous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The monster was a gelatinous green blob.[↗](../../gelatinous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cold gravy can turn gelatinous in the fridge.[↗](../../gelatinous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some mushrooms have a gelatinous cap.[↗](../../gelatinous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We made slime with a gelatinous, wobbly texture.[↗](../../gelatinous/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gem** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A beautiful, valuable stone, such as a diamond, ruby or emerald, cut and polished for jewellery; a jewel.[↗](../../gem/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person or thing that is especially good or special: «you're a gem».[↗](../../gem/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The crown was covered in gems.[↗](../../gem/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Rubies are red gems and emeralds are green.[↗](../../gem/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Gems are found in rocks deep underground.[↗](../../gem/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Thanks for helping, you're a gem\![↗](../../gem/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This little park is a hidden gem.[↗](../../gem/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pirate's chest was full of gold and gems.[↗](../../gem/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The brothers looked long at the gems.[↗](../../gem/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gemini** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Gemini is a group of stars (a constellation) in the night sky, named after the twins Castor and Pollux from Greek myths.[↗](../../gemini/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (astrology) Gemini is one of the twelve star signs; people born roughly late May to late June are called Geminis.[↗](../../gemini/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (space) Gemini was a NASA space programme in the 1960s that flew two astronauts at a time, before the Apollo Moon landings.[↗](../../gemini/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gemini is the constellation of the twins.[↗](../../gemini/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You can see Gemini in the winter sky in the north.[↗](../../gemini/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My birthday is in June, so my star sign is Gemini.[↗](../../gemini/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Castor and Pollux are the two brightest stars in Gemini.[↗](../../gemini/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Project Gemini taught astronauts how to do spacewalks.[↗](../../gemini/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Horoscopes say Geminis are chatty, but there is no scientific evidence for that.[↗](../../gemini/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · \[paragraph continues\] Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagitarius, Capricornus, Aquarius and Pisces.[↗](../../gemini/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../gemini/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · God produced Zain, predominant in movement, crowned, combined, and formed Gemini in the world, Sivan in the year, and the left foot of man.[↗](../../gemini/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../gemini/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Zain, predominant in Movement, crowned it, combined and formed it with Gemini in the Universe, Sivan in the Year, and the left foot of Man.[↗](../../gemini/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../gemini/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **gemma** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) Gemma is a girl's name, popular in the UK, Ireland and Australia; it comes from Italian and Latin for «gem» or «jewel».[↗](../../gemma/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) A gemma is a tiny bud or group of cells on mosses and liverworts that breaks off and grows into a new plant.[↗](../../gemma/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gemma is my best friend's big sister.[↗](../../gemma/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask Gemma to pass the scissors.[↗](../../gemma/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The liverwort had tiny cups full of gemmae.[↗](../../gemma/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Raindrops splash the gemmae out of their cups.[↗](../../gemma/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Each gemma can grow into a new plant.[↗](../../gemma/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Gemma scored the winning goal in netball.[↗](../../gemma/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **gemstone** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A precious or beautiful stone that is cut and polished to be used in jewellery, such as a diamond, ruby, sapphire or emerald.[↗](../../gemstone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A ruby is a red gemstone.[↗](../../gemstone/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The crown was covered in gemstones.[↗](../../gemstone/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Diamonds are the hardest gemstones.[↗](../../gemstone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We found tiny gemstones when panning at the museum.[↗](../../gemstone/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Each month has its own birthstone gemstone.[↗](../../gemstone/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Gemstones are cut so they sparkle in the light.[↗](../../gemstone/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Amber is a gemstone made from old tree resin.[↗](../../gemstone/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) «Gen» is short for «generation», as in «Gen Z» or «Gen Alpha», a group of people born around the same time.[↗](../../gen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK slang) «Gen» means «genuinely» or «honestly»: «I'm gen tired».[↗](../../gen/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, informal, old-fashioned) «The gen» means the information or the facts: «give me the gen».[↗](../../gen/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (abbreviation) «Gen.» is short for the army rank General, and «Gen» for the Bible book Genesis.[↗](../../gen/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My older cousin says she is Gen Z.[↗](../../gen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Children born recently are sometimes called Gen Alpha.[↗](../../gen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «That was gen the best film ever», said Callum.[↗](../../gen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The new next-gen console came out at the weekend.[↗](../../gen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Look up Gen 1:1 — the first verse of the Bible.[↗](../../gen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Gen. Eisenhower led the soldiers.[↗](../../gen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad asked for «the gen» on the school trip.[↗](../../gen/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gender** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Gender is being a boy or a girl, a man or a woman, especially the roles and ideas people and societies connect with that; some people feel they are both, neither, or not the gender they were thought to be at birth.[↗](../../gender/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (grammar) In languages like French, German and Spanish, gender is the group a noun belongs to, such as masculine or feminine, which changes words like «the» and «a».[↗](../../gender/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* On forms, gender is a box asking whether you are male, female or something else.[↗](../../gender/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Any gender can be a scientist or a nurse.[↗](../../gender/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class talked about gender stereotypes in toy adverts.[↗](../../gender/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In French, every noun has a gender: «le livre», «la table».[↗](../../gender/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The form asked for my name, age and gender.[↗](../../gender/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Gender equality means girls and boys get the same chances.[↗](../../gender/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In German there are three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter.[↗](../../gender/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people say gender and sex mean the same; others use gender for roles and identity.[↗](../../gender/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · \[239\] Kruchina, as an abstract idea, is of the feminine gender.[↗](../../gender/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind; thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed; neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together.[↗](../../gender/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gender/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?[↗](../../gender/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gender/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **gene** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A gene is a tiny part of the DNA inside the cells of a living thing that carries instructions passed down from parents to children, such as for eye colour or the shape of a leaf.[↗](../../gene/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* You get your genes from both your parents.[↗](../../gene/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Genes help decide your eye colour.[↗](../../gene/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tall parents often have tall children because of their genes.[↗](../../gene/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Every living thing has genes, even plants.[↗](../../gene/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists study genes to understand diseases.[↗](../../gene/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Twins who are identical have the same genes.[↗](../../gene/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It runs in the family, it must be in the genes\![↗](../../gene/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **genealogical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Genealogical means about the history of a family, showing who was whose parent or ancestor.[↗](../../genealogical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She drew a genealogical table of her family.[↗](../../genealogical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old people told the children their genealogical history.[↗](../../genealogical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pine tree was their genealogical tree.[↗](../../genealogical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **genealogy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A genealogy is a list or history of who your ancestors were, going back through the family.[↗](../../genealogy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He studied his family's genealogy.[↗](../../genealogy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tuan recited his genealogy to the monks.[↗](../../genealogy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The genealogies were long and hard to remember.[↗](../../genealogy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy.[↗](../../genealogy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.4.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../genealogy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men.[↗](../../genealogy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.7.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../genealogy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief Jeiel, and Zechariah, (Writings 1CH.5.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../genealogy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **general** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* General means about most people or things, not one in particular: «a general rule».[↗](../../general/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* General means not detailed, giving the main idea: «a general idea».[↗](../../general/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* General means for everyone or everything: «general knowledge».[↗](../../general/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A general is a very high-ranking officer in an army.[↗](../../general/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In general, cats sleep a lot.[↗](../../general/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you give me a general idea of the story?[↗](../../general/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a general knowledge quiz.[↗](../../general/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · As a general rule, wash your hands before eating.[↗](../../general/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Find a general rule for the number pattern.[↗](../../general/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The general led his army into battle.[↗](../../general/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The park is open to the general public.[↗](../../general/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The general mood in class was happy.[↗](../../general/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "I am astonished also!" said the General.[↗](../../general/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · A separate consideration of the several parts should follow this general grasp of the subject, else much confusion may result.[↗](../../general/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../general/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · I base it off an interpretation of the SY’s internal structure, the semantic properties of the root ספ״ר SPR, and the SY’s general grammatical inventiveness.[↗](../../general/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../general/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Waldon Carr, The General Principles of Relativity 1920, p. 152).[↗](../../general/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../general/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) … [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/5/) **6** 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