GENUINE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of genuine in English genuineadjective uk /ˈdʒen.ju.ɪn/ us /ˈdʒen.ju.ɪn/ Add to word list Add to word list B2 If something is genuine, it is real and exactly what it appears to be: genuine leather If it is a genuine Michelangelo drawing, it will sell for millions. being what it appears to be

• realThat's not his real hair, is it? I thought it was a bad wig!
• genuineThe painting is a genuine Picasso.
• authenticThe clerk certified that the documents were authentic.
• honest-to-goodnessMy father is an honest-to-goodness door-to-door salesman.

See more results » C1 If people or emotions are genuine, they are honest and sincere: He's a very genuine person. Machiko looked at me with genuine surprise - "Are you really going?" she said.

• He has demonstrated a genuine interest in the project.
• A number of forged works of art have been sold as genuine.
• In an indiscreet moment, the president let his genuine opinions be known.
• The police are trying to sift out the genuine warnings from all the hoax calls they have received.
• I'm not surprised the offer wasn't genuine, it sounded too good to be true.

True, real, false, and unreal

• actual
• actuality
• actually
• ahistoric
• ahistorical
• fairy tale
• faithful
• fake news
• false
• false flag
• non-material
• non-realistic
• not so much idiom
• nothing could be further from the truth idiom
• nothing could have been further from my mind/thoughts idiom
• unproven
• unreal
• unspun
• untrue
• untruly

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Honesty, openness & sincerity

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genuinely genuineness

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the genuine article (Definition of genuine from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

genuine | American Dictionary

genuineadjective us /ˈdʒen·ju·ən/ Add to word list Add to word list being what something or someone appears or claims to be; real, not false: genuine leather a genuine masterpiece She showed genuine (= sincere) sorrow at the news.

genuineness

noun [ U ] us /ˈdʒen·ju·ən·nəs/ No one doubts the genuineness of your concern. (Definition of genuine from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of genuine

genuine The advice is a genuine rule for the players who give it extra weight, but not for the ones who do not. From the Cambridge English Corpus It is unclear if these exceptions represent genuine cases of non-colocalization or are due to the low levels of labelling observed in some cells. From the Cambridge English Corpus Any genuine research into music education policy needs to unearth the actors' value systems. From the Cambridge English Corpus For this reason, other responses that infants provided - gestures and utterances - provided important information regarding their genuine level of sophistication in absent reference comprehension. From the Cambridge English Corpus They proposed a canonical formulation to which any 'genuine theory' could be rewritten - otherwise it was not a theory. From the Cambridge English Corpus That is, the negative effect of resource abundance on genuine saving is reduced as corruption is reduced. From the Cambridge English Corpus Far from providing a genuine opportunity to be musically creative, this type of activity restricts the students to arriving at the correct answer. From the Cambridge English Corpus Our findings are of special interest because the bacterium we discovered represents a genuine thermophilic species. From the Cambridge English Corpus Private insurers in a genuine 'defined contribution' scheme, of course, individualize just as much as they possibly can. From the Cambridge English Corpus The top-level interface uses a bottom-up approach to evaluating real numbers and is thus not a genuine type-2 implementation. From the Cambridge English Corpus This system has been trying since the 1970s to pursue genuine comprehensive primary health care policies. From the Cambridge English Corpus Despite their waning interest in genuine political reform, however, donors have continued to insist on nominally democratic systems. From the Cambridge English Corpus Nonetheless, the interviews will likely ring familiar and genuine to those who knew some of these artists. From the Cambridge English Corpus Finally, encapsulating a whole transitive relationship in a single manual action is not the same thing as exhibiting genuine language syntax. From the Cambridge English Corpus On this model, two or more different symbolic systems can be equally expressive and evocative of genuine religious experience. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of genuine?

Translations of genuine

in Chinese (Traditional) 真正的, 非僞造的, 名副其實的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 真正的, 非伪造的, 名副其实的… See more in Spanish auténtico, genuino/ina [masculine-feminine], aunténtico/ica [masculine-feminine]… See more in Portuguese autêntico, genuíno/-na… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian अस्सल, खरे आणि जसे दिसते तसेच असलेले, खरे… See more 本物の, 真の, 本物（ほんもの）の… See more gerçek, sahi, hakiki… See more authentique, véritable, sincère… See more autèntic… See more echt, oprecht… See more ஏதாவது உண்மையானதாக இருந்தால், அது உண்மையானது மற்றும் அது ஏதுவாக தோன்றுகிறது, மக்கள் அல்லது உணர்ச்சிகள் உண்மையானவை என்றால்… See more असली, वास्तविक, (लोग या भावनाएँ) वास्तविक या ईमानदार… See more અસલ, ખરું, (લોકો અથવા લાગણીઓ) અસલી અથવા નિષ્ઠાવાન… See more ægte, oprigtig… See more äkta, uppriktig, genuin… See more tulen, sejati… See more echt, aufrichtig… See more genuin, autentisk, ekte… See more اصلی, حقیقی, کھرا… See more справжній, непідроблений, щирий… See more ఏదైనా నిజమైనది అయితే, అది వాస్తవమైనది అది ఉన్నదున్నట్టు కనిపిస్తుంది, వ్యక్తులు లేదా భావోద్వేగాలు నిజమైనవి అయితే… See more অকৃত্রিম, খাঁটি, একেবারে সত্যি… See more opravdový, pravý, skutečný… See more asli, tulus… See more แท้, จริงใจ, ไม่เสแสร้ง… See more đích thực, thành thật… See more szczery, prawdziwy, autentyczny… See more 진짜의… See more genuino, autentico, sincero… See more Need a translator?

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