1. the state of being male or female, especially as expressed by social and cultural differences rather than biological ones
2. a grammatical category used to classify nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and verbs
Usage: linguistics

Examples

• The company promotes gender equality in the workplace.
• Gender roles have changed significantly over the past century.
• The survey asked participants to indicate their gender.
• In Spanish, nouns have masculine or feminine gender.
• French adjectives must agree with the gender of the noun they modify.
• Gender identity is how a person sees themselves.
• The study examined gender differences in communication styles.