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Ge

1

[ zhey ]

noun

  1. a family of South American Indian languages spoken in southern and eastern Brazil and northern Paraguay.
  2. a member of any of several Ge-speaking peoples.


Ge

2
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. germanium.

g.e.

3

abbreviation for

  1. (in bookbinding) gilt edges.

Ge

1

/ dʒiː /

noun

  1. another name for Gaia


ge

2

the internet domain name for

  1. Georgia

GE

3

abbreviation for

  1. Georgia (international car registration)

Ge

4

the chemical symbol for

  1. germanium

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Example Sentences

Titan and GE officials did not respond to requests for comment.

GE claims that retrofitting can “reduce locomotive fuel costs by up to 50 %.”

A stylized video of their product sponsored by GE garnered thousands of views and likes when Hövdings began selling a year later.

The list is in fact dominated by tech companies, with IBM, Microsoft, GE, Samsung and Intel all featuring in the top 10.

When my ge-generation got too intoxicated with self importance, the punks came along and yelled at us.

Do I hear fifty pesos, cinquante Thaler ge-bid pour this here bully gun?

Ne muge hauen no lif on giu bute ge liuen bi mi fleis bi mi blod.

Haec frumenta legit, si comperit; ordea spernit, T. finde ge, if she find: cleche for finde would restore the alliteration.

An interpolated y sound appears to be indicated by g in digere (dere), GE 3483, tgen (ton), id.

Quat oget nu at for-bode o wold, GE 324, what now was the import of that prohibition; And vndernam him at it agte awold, id.

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Words That Use ge-

What does ge- mean?

Ge- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “earth.” It is very occasionally used in scientific terms in a variety of fields.

Ge- comes from Greek , meaning “earth.” A synonym of is khthṓn, which is the source of several words related to the underworld, such as chthonic.

What are variants of ge-?

Ge- is a variant of geo-, which loses its -o- when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use article for geo-.

Examples of ge-

One common word that features the form geo- is geode, “a hollow concretionary or nodular stone often lined with crystals.” Geode comes from Greek geṓdēs, which features the Greek equivalent of the form ge-.

The first portion of the word, ge-, means “earth,” while the suffix -ode here means “like,” from Greek -ōdēs. Geode literally translates to “earthlike.”

What are some words that use the combining form ge-?

What are some other forms that ge- may be commonly confused with?

Not every word that begins with the exact letters ge-, such as gearbox or geoduck, is necessarily using the combining form geo- to denote “earth.” Learn why geoduck is the name of a kind of saltwater clam at our entry for the word.

Break it down!

An anticline is a technical term for a kind of fold in layers of rock. With this in mind, geanticline is a term from what among the following disciplines?

A. chemistry
B. geology
C. geometry
D. gerontology

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