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gender
Noun
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A living thing's gender is its sex: male (man, boy), female (woman, girl), both, or neither.
There are gender differences in everything from physical size to play style.
The effects vary considerably according to such factors as class, race and gender.
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Gender is a way of grouping nouns in some languages, for example: masculine, feminine & neuter.
In French, the gender affects everything from the choice of le or la to the adjective endings.
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Someone's gender is whether they behave like a boy or girl. This is called masculine or feminine, and not the same as male or female.
His gender was not traditional, he was a very feminine boy.
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The gender of a cord, cable, or plug tells how it connects. If it has a hole (a socket) that can be plugged into, it is female. If it plugs into a hole, it is male.
The microphone was the wrong gender for the computer's sound card.
balance
Noun
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If something is in balance, it has equal amounts all around.
She was walking on a thin line, but lost her balance and fell down.
This plan has a good balance of new and old ideas.
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The balance in your bank account is the amount of money you have in the account.
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A type of scale where there are two parts.
balance
Verb
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If you balance something, you make it have equal amounts all around.
The bird balanced easily on the wire for a few moments before flying off.
A good manager has to balance the costs and benefits of doing business.