English words for 'That has become generic.'
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adj
noun
- A product sold under a generic name.
- (toponymy) The part of a toponym that identifies the feature's type.
- A wine that is a combination of several wines, or made from a combination of several grape varieties.
- (grammar) A term that specifies neither male nor female.
- any product that can be sold without a brand name
- wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content; may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as ‘vin rouge’, ‘vino rosso’, ‘rotwein’, ‘red wine’, etc.), or by general class (as ‘vin ordinaire’, ‘vin de table’, ‘vino da tavola’, ‘tafelwein’, ‘table wine’, etc.)
adj
- Relating to gender.
- Very broad; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific instances.
- (pharmacology) Of a product or drug, not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class.
- (geometry) Of a point, having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field.
- Relating to genre.
- Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise.
- (computing) Of a procedure, written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.
- (grammar, nonstandard) Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene; unisex.
- Having no distinguishing characteristics; unoriginal.
- (taxonomy) Pertaining to genera of life instead of particular species thereof.
- relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus
- applicable to an entire class or group
- (of drugs) not protected by trademark
noun
- A general type.
- (typography) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
- (mathematics) A type.
- (British, Australia, informal) A good-looking woman.
- (computing) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.
- An act of sorting.
- (informal) A person evaluated in a certain way.
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- a person of a particular character or nature
- an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
- an approximate definition or example
verb
- (transitive) To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
- (transitive) To geld.
- (transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.
- (British, colloquial, transitive) To fix (a problem) or handle (a task).
- (intransitive) To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
- (British, colloquial, transitive) To attack physically.
- (transitive) To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
- (intransitive) To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
- examine in order to test suitability
- arrange or order by classes or categories
noun
- (uncountable, countable) The process of becoming generic; an instance of it.
- (countable) An instance of this act or process; a generic name thus created.
- (uncountable, law) With respect to a trademark, the act or process of becoming so widely identified as a reference for a type of product as to cease representing a particular brand or manufacturer of that type of product.
prep_phrase
adj
- Crude, obsolete.
- Relating to an art style characterized by asymmetrical shapes and faded colors.
- (mathematics) Not derived from another of the same type
- (grammar) Original; primary; radical; not derived.
- (biology) Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.
- Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.
- Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity.
- used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
- little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
- of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
- belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
noun
- (linguistics) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.
- A simple-minded person.
- (mathematics) A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.
- Primitive or primeval nature; the innate, instinctive element within a person; the deep, instinctive, precultural layer of human nature.
- Natural or premodern environment or conditions; life lacking modern technology and society.
- A member of a primitive society.
- (programming) A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.
- (programming) Any of the simplest elements (instructions, statements, etc.) available in a programming language.
- A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed.
- a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
- a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
- a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
noun
adj
verb
adj
- Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
- Of or pertaining to a family; familial.
- Intimate or friendly.
- Acquainted.
- within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange
- (usually followed by ‘with’) well informed about or knowing thoroughly
- well known or easily recognized
- having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
noun
- (witchcraft) An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form.
- (historical) The officer of the Inquisition who arrested suspected people.
- A member of a pope's or bishop's household.
- a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard
- a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
- a friend who is frequently in the company of another
noun
adj
verb
verb
- become obsolete
- retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity
- declare to be obsolete
- retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability
- (transitive) To show to be obsolete due to age.
- (intransitive) To retire due to age.
- (transitive) To retire or put out of use due to age.
- (intransitive) To become obsolete or antiquated.
- (transitive) To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension.
adj
- having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
- belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
- lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
- being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
- of low or inferior quality or value
- to be expected; standard
- commonly encountered
- common to or shared by two or more parties
- of or associated with the great masses of people
- (taxonomy) Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal.
- (taxonomy) As part of the vernacular name of a species, usually denoting that it is abundant or widely known.
- Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
- (law) Arising from use or tradition, as opposed to being created by a legislative body.
- (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.
- Of a quality: existing among virtually all people; universal.
- Mutual; shared by more than one.
- Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
- Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.
noun
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
- The people; the community.
- Mutual good, shared by more than one.
- (law) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.
adj
noun
- a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
- a yard or lawn adjoining a house
- the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden
- (in the plural, used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare, which sometimes occupies a former garden.
- (attributive) Taking place in, or used in, such a garden.
- An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
- (in the plural) Such an ornamental place to which the public have access.
- (slang) Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.
- (figuratively) A cluster; a bunch.
- (cartomancy) The twentieth Lenormand card.
- (British, Ireland, Appalachia, New York City) The grounds at the front or back of a house.
verb
noun
- Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later.
- (graphical user interface) A non-editable caption initially displayed in a blank text box to indicate its function.
- a symbol in a logical or mathematical expression that can be replaced by the name of any member of specified set
- a person authorized to act for another
adj
verb
adj
adv
noun
phrase
noun
- (countable) A thing that has degenerated.
- (uncountable, countable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
- (uncountable) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure.
- (uncountable) Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
- the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
- passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
- the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
noun
- A product sold under a generic name.
- (toponymy) The part of a toponym that identifies the feature's type.
- A wine that is a combination of several wines, or made from a combination of several grape varieties.
- (grammar) A term that specifies neither male nor female.
- any product that can be sold without a brand name
- wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content; may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as ‘vin rouge’, ‘vino rosso’, ‘rotwein’, ‘red wine’, etc.), or by general class (as ‘vin ordinaire’, ‘vin de table’, ‘vino da tavola’, ‘tafelwein’, ‘table wine’, etc.)
adj
- Relating to gender.
- Very broad; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific instances.
- (pharmacology) Of a product or drug, not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class.
- (geometry) Of a point, having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field.
- Relating to genre.
- Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise.
- (computing) Of a procedure, written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.
- (grammar, nonstandard) Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene; unisex.
- Having no distinguishing characteristics; unoriginal.
- (taxonomy) Pertaining to genera of life instead of particular species thereof.
- relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus
- applicable to an entire class or group
- (of drugs) not protected by trademark
noun
- A general type.
- (typography) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
- (mathematics) A type.
- (British, Australia, informal) A good-looking woman.
- (computing) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.
- An act of sorting.
- (informal) A person evaluated in a certain way.
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- a person of a particular character or nature
- an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
- an approximate definition or example
verb
- (transitive) To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
- (transitive) To geld.
- (transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.
- (British, colloquial, transitive) To fix (a problem) or handle (a task).
- (intransitive) To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
- (British, colloquial, transitive) To attack physically.
- (transitive) To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
- (intransitive) To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
- examine in order to test suitability
- arrange or order by classes or categories
noun
- (uncountable, countable) The process of becoming generic; an instance of it.
- (countable) An instance of this act or process; a generic name thus created.
- (uncountable, law) With respect to a trademark, the act or process of becoming so widely identified as a reference for a type of product as to cease representing a particular brand or manufacturer of that type of product.
noun
adj
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later.
- (graphical user interface) A non-editable caption initially displayed in a blank text box to indicate its function.
- a symbol in a logical or mathematical expression that can be replaced by the name of any member of specified set
- a person authorized to act for another
noun
phrase
noun
- (countable) A thing that has degenerated.
- (uncountable, countable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
- (uncountable) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure.
- (uncountable) Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
- the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
- passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
- the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
verb
- become obsolete
- retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity
- declare to be obsolete
- retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability
- (transitive) To show to be obsolete due to age.
- (intransitive) To retire due to age.
- (transitive) To retire or put out of use due to age.
- (intransitive) To become obsolete or antiquated.
- (transitive) To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension.
adj
adj
- Crude, obsolete.
- Relating to an art style characterized by asymmetrical shapes and faded colors.
- (mathematics) Not derived from another of the same type
- (grammar) Original; primary; radical; not derived.
- (biology) Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.
- Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.
- Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity.
- used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
- little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
- of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
- belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
noun
- (linguistics) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.
- A simple-minded person.
- (mathematics) A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.
- Primitive or primeval nature; the innate, instinctive element within a person; the deep, instinctive, precultural layer of human nature.
- Natural or premodern environment or conditions; life lacking modern technology and society.
- A member of a primitive society.
- (programming) A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.
- (programming) Any of the simplest elements (instructions, statements, etc.) available in a programming language.
- A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed.
- a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
- a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
- a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
adj
- Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
- Of or pertaining to a family; familial.
- Intimate or friendly.
- Acquainted.
- within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange
- (usually followed by ‘with’) well informed about or knowing thoroughly
- well known or easily recognized
- having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
noun
- (witchcraft) An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form.
- (historical) The officer of the Inquisition who arrested suspected people.
- A member of a pope's or bishop's household.
- a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard
- a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
- a friend who is frequently in the company of another
adj
- having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
- belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
- lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
- being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
- of low or inferior quality or value
- to be expected; standard
- commonly encountered
- common to or shared by two or more parties
- of or associated with the great masses of people
- (taxonomy) Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal.
- (taxonomy) As part of the vernacular name of a species, usually denoting that it is abundant or widely known.
- Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
- (law) Arising from use or tradition, as opposed to being created by a legislative body.
- (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.
- Of a quality: existing among virtually all people; universal.
- Mutual; shared by more than one.
- Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
- Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.
noun
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
- The people; the community.
- Mutual good, shared by more than one.
- (law) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.
adj
noun
- a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
- a yard or lawn adjoining a house
- the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden
- (in the plural, used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare, which sometimes occupies a former garden.
- (attributive) Taking place in, or used in, such a garden.
- An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
- (in the plural) Such an ornamental place to which the public have access.
- (slang) Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.
- (figuratively) A cluster; a bunch.
- (cartomancy) The twentieth Lenormand card.
- (British, Ireland, Appalachia, New York City) The grounds at the front or back of a house.