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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
genuine
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a genuine grievance (=one that is definitely true)
▪ He felt that he had a genuine grievance and was prepared to take the company to court over the matter.
a genuine/real desire
▪ All her life she had a genuine desire to help the poor.
a real/genuine concern
▪ Pensions are a genuine concern to many people.
a serious/genuine attempt
▪ This is the first serious attempt to tackle the problem.
genuine/real admiration
▪ ‘Where did you learn to do that?’ she asked with genuine admiration.
genuine/real amusement
▪ He laughed out loud with genuine amusement.
genuine/real enthusiasm
▪ She talked about the project with genuine enthusiasm.
genuine/real pleasure
▪ She smiled with genuine pleasure.
real/genuine commitment
▪ The job demands real commitment to teaching.
real/genuine excitement
▪ A goal two minutes from the end provided the game's only genuine excitement.
real/genuine hardship
▪ Prolonged illness can cause real hardship for many families.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
▪ It was after Winchelsey had accepted the bull as genuine that Gaveston returned.
▪ As nice and as genuine as they are, they were not exposed to real people.
▪ It was as genuine as her affection for the old man.
▪ A user identity must be established as genuine.
▪ If we were to be swallowed up, the credibility of our beers as genuine regional products would be destroyed.
▪ Only half a dozen Shakespeare signatures regarded as genuine have survived, and three are on this will.
▪ But Newton, 21, is now a major factor in fourth-placed Chelsea's emergence as genuine title contenders.
▪ To insist that only doubt-free faith can be counted as genuine faith is to misunderstand what knowledge and faith are.
more
▪ His smile was more genuine this time.
▪ These three steps can begin to break down even the largest schools into more genuine teaching and learning communities.
▪ Edward Carrington had a heavy certainty that the lightness was more genuine on her part than on his.
▪ These real and more genuine emotions will gradually take over the place of the former all. embracing negative ones.
▪ There could not be more genuine worth in human beings in Canon Wheeler's judgement.
▪ Some things are more genuine than others, or rather more firmly rooted in evidence.
▪ But this time Major's reserve had been more genuine.
▪ So much more genuine than her sister.
■ NOUN
article
▪ Before you settle for less than the genuine article, compare the price.
▪ And he is the genuine article, an original who succeeds in looking ahead by looking way back.
▪ These shops are trying to pass discount trainers from way beck when as the genuine article.
▪ Problems aside, at least this set offers the genuine article.
▪ The makers of the genuine article have agreed to let Oxfam pass the shoes on to refugees who are desperate for footwear.
▪ The paternoster I use is the genuine article, which entails a long bomb length and a short hook length.
▪ But can shoppers tell when they're getting the genuine article?
▪ Of course he was the genuine article, a great champion whose pride would not allow him to give anything but his best.
asylum
▪ Those claimants undermine the claims of genuine asylum seekers, and no one would wish to defend them.
▪ We will introduce improved welfare and legal rights for genuine asylum seekers and establish substantive rights of appeal.
▪ I do not believe that the genuine asylum seeker will be treated fairly.
attempt
▪ The threat of court action by some workers can be a genuine attempt to help parents understand the reality of their position.
case
▪ Government sources said they would not remove the right to early retirement from genuine cases.
▪ Maybe I am naïve, but I find myself tempted to see it as a genuine case of pure, disinterested altruism.
▪ Environmental degradation is a genuine case of passing the muck.
concern
▪ Beaverbrook had some genuine concern, and was less consistently anti-Baldwin.
▪ A former reporter said Forbes once talked with him for two hours, with seemingly genuine concern, about staff morale.
▪ It seemed that our genuine concerns and grievances were largely ignored and we were dismissed as being out of date and out of touch.
▪ Shon says, with genuine concern.
▪ He had shown, or so it had seemed to her at the time, genuine concern for others.
▪ His crews worshipped him and he responded by showing a genuine concern for their welfare.
▪ And his genuine concern and friendly approach soon won him lots of friends.
▪ The Profitboss puts money into welfare, motivated by a deep and genuine concern for every single person in his team.
desire
▪ Silent viewing also generates a genuine desire to communicate within the group.
▪ His genuine desire to make up may be interpreted as an attempt to embarrass or be-little.
▪ Some may choose to work with vulnerable elderly people out of altruism, and a genuine desire to work with this age group.
▪ As others may have different theories a genuine desire to prove a point of view leads to some lively debate.
▪ The election's last-minute switch to Labour probably reflected a genuine desire on some voters' part to get the Tories out.
▪ Of course it is necessary for the prospective student to possess a reasonable amount of intelligence as well as a genuine desire to help others.
▪ No you won't, not if it's a genuine desire to help.
effort
▪ We want to give them the opportunity to put their own language into practice in a genuine effort to communicate.
▪ Meanwhile, when she's not being snide, make a genuine effort at friendship.
grievance
▪ How does this summary dismissal affect the child with a genuine grievance?
▪ A genuine grievance did not have to be financial.
interest
▪ Take a genuine interest in each other.
▪ But after a few months, it became apparent that Vicky did not have a genuine interest in her job.
▪ Nothing of any genuine interest or importance can depend on whether you are a brain in a vat or not.
▪ Parents appreciate genuine interest, concern and lavish thanks.
▪ It comes from taking a genuine interest in and having persistent enthusiasm for the company's products, services and customers.
▪ The Profitboss is sincerely courteous, taking a genuine interest in whoever he meets.
▪ Your genuine interest will reassure them.
▪ People with a genuine interest in mining will welcome that.
refugee
▪ Of the 64,000 people in the Hong Kong camps, only 5,000 had so far been accepted as genuine refugees.
▪ It is necessary to provide a proper asylum law to make sure that genuine refugees can be dealt with speedily and adequately.
▪ What we must do is to distinguish between bogus and genuine refugees.
▪ We must start to define where we expect genuine refugees to come from.
▪ According to refugee experts, existing procedures failed to identify and protect genuine refugees.
▪ It will prevent the misuse of asylum procedures while protecting the position of genuine refugees.
▪ The couple have since been accepted as genuine refugees and granted permission to stay in Britain indefinitely.
sense
▪ Everyone must feel a genuine sense of being included.
▪ Whitman recognizes, at times with a genuine sense of frustration, the limitations of speech.
▪ There is a directness, a genuine sense of conviction in these words which extend far beyond strategic posing.
▪ In all of these classrooms a genuine sense of community is apparent from the moment you enter the door.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a genuine diamond
▪ For the first time on the trip, I saw genuine fear in his eyes.
▪ For years people thought the picture was a genuine Van Gogh, but in fact it's a fake.
▪ I'm not sure if her sympathy was really genuine.
▪ If a student has genuine religious objections to a school activity, they do not have to participate.
▪ This is the first genuine attempt to reach a peaceful settlement to the dispute.
▪ We need a much faster system for dealing with genuine refugees.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Are they genuine communities of learners?
▪ As nice and as genuine as they are, they were not exposed to real people.
▪ If the Bill is not amended, those genuine claimants will undoubtedly be penalised.
▪ It is a genuine attack by the self upon the body, by which mental anguish is swapped for bodily pain.
▪ On the other hand it makes it difficult to reach genuine agreement on anything at all.
▪ The stunning luminous display and thickly padded, genuine leather wristband are the height of fashion in any setting.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
genuine

genuine \gen"u*ine\, a. [L. genuinus, fr. genere, gignere, to beget, in pass., to be born: cf. F. g['e]nuine. See Gender.] Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials. ``True, genuine night.''
--Dryden.

Syn: Authentic; real; true; pure; unalloyed; unadulterated. See Authentic. -- Gen"u*ine*ly, adv. -- Gen"u*ine*ness, n.

The evidence, both internal and external, against the genuineness of these letters, is overwhelming.
--Macaulay.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
genuine

1590s, "natural, not acquired," from Latin genuinus "native, natural," from root of gignere "beget" (see genus), perhaps influenced in form by contrasting adulterinus "spurious." [Alternative etymology is from Latin genu "knee," from a supposed ancient custom of a father acknowledging paternity of a newborn by placing it on his knee.] Meaning "really proceeding from its reputed source" is from 1660s. Related: Genuinely; genuineness.

Wiktionary
genuine

a. belong to, or proceeding from the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure.

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WordNet
genuine

  1. adj. not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather" [syn: echt] [ant: counterfeit]

  2. not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief" [syn: true(a), unfeigned]

  3. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" [syn: actual, literal, real]

Wikipedia
Genuine (Stacie Orrico album)

Genuine is the debut album of Christian teen pop singer Stacie Orrico, released in 2000 on Forefront Records. Orrico set a record in first week sales for a Christian female debut selling 13,000 copies. The album had six hit singles on Christian charts and radio. The song "Don't Look At Me" was featured on WOW #1s: 31 of the Greatest Christian Music Hits Ever. Videos were shot for the singles "Genuine" and "Everything", however only the video for "Everything" was featured in the deluxe bonus DVD for More to Life: The Best of Stacie Orrico.

Genuine (Fayray album)

Genuine is Japanese singer songwriter Fayray's third studio album and last under the Antinos Records label. The album was released on July 18, 2001.

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Genuine (film)

Genuine (original German title: Genuine, die Tragödie eines seltsamen Hauses; literally: Genuine, the tragedy of a strange house) is a 1920 German silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene. It was also released as Genuine: A Tale of a Vampire.

The film's sets were designed by the Expressionist painter César Klein.

The film has been released as an extra feature on DVD releases of the Wiene film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

Genuine (Stacie Orrico song)

"Genuine" is a song by American recording artist Stacie Orrico from her debut album Genuine. The song was released in the United States in August 2000, only for Christian radio stations. Written by Tedd Tjornhom, B. Huston and Stacie Orrico and produced by Mooki's Soul Music, "Genuine" is a predominantly CCM song, that is influenced by gospel and R&B.

"Genuine" received generally positive reviews from music critics, with most of them comparing her to other female starlets artist like Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears calling her the Spears/Aguilera with a powerful voice and urban style similar to Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson. This song was released as a promo single with the book 'Genuine: Being Real In An Artificial World' also written by Orrico. This CD-Rom includes the video for Genuine.

The song was released as a first single of her debut album only in Christian stations.

Genuine (horse)

Genuine, ( Japanese: ジェニュイン, 28 April 1992 – January 19, 2015) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. From the first crop of foals sired by Sunday Silence he won five of her twenty-one races and finished second seven times in a racing career which lasted from October 1994 until November 1997. After winning once as a juvenile in 1994 he improved to become one of the best colts of his generation in Japan in the following year, winning the Satsuki Sho and finishing second in the Tokyo Yushun. He remained in training for two more seasons, recording his best subsequent victory in the 1996 Mile Championship. Apart from his wins he was placed in the Yasuda Kinen and two runnings of the Tenno Sho. After his retirement from racing he had some success as breeding stallion in Japan and Australia.

Usage examples of "genuine".

VISITORS CONTINUED to call out of curiosity or genuine friendship, and Adams took pleasure in nearly all.

Edge gave alms to only one beggar, because that one looked genuine and because he did not pester them.

The lobby of the PennDutch, along with all its rooms, is decorated with genuine Amish furniture and tools.

It is no mere silliness, but a genuine effort of an early mind, which had just grasped the fact of the antipodes, to use it in explanation.

Little Arcady felt a genuine if patronizing sympathy for his mistress.

It was with high hopes, but at the same time with genuine regret, that, late in May, they bade farewell to their winter home, launched a canoe, deep-laden with their accumulated stock of furs, and started southward on the swift waters of the Wisconsin.

Gwen tried to take it all in as she walked: the sweeping staircase, the glittering chandelier, the murky landscapes and stern faced portraits, the acres of Kirmans and Bukharas and Aubussons, the profusion of antique furniture-predominantly English and all genuine, she guessed.

Guardian wishes me to renew to you the expressions of his abiding and genuine appreciation of your labours for the Cause in Auckland, and particularly in connection with your duties as secretary of the local assembly.

Breathless from the dance, her hair as disheveled as a genuine bacchante, Messalina screamed with delight and shook the ivy-twined staff of Bacchus.

Even Bill Birch at the Smithsonian had trouble certifying the California bees as genuine Africans.

John was torn between reverence for Jesus, due to events at Bethabara, and genuine skepticism, due to what he now knew of his background.

The bobwhite whistling had attracted a genuine bobwhite which had perched in a tall tree and was calling out insultingly.

The men under Vulkan were sworn to secrecy by a genuine official of the Defense Ministry in Bonn, who also happens to be one of us.

Sir, I lately took my friend Boswell and shewed him genuine civilised life in an English provincial town.

For she wears a very handsome silk dress on state occasions, with a breastpin set, as I honestly believe, with genuine pearls, and appears habitually with a very smart cap, from under which her gray curls come out with an unmistakable expression, conveyed in the hieratic language of the feminine priesthood, to the effect that while there is life there is hope.