Used in a Sentence

genie

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for genie.

Editorial note

Everything since then has been attempts to unring a bell, and maybe stuff a genie back into a lamp.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A male given name, diminutive of Eugene and pet form of Gene

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of genie gathered in one view.

noun

A male given name, diminutive of Eugene and pet form of Gene

noun

A female given name, diminutive of Eugenie and Eugenia

noun

(mythology) A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for genie.

noun

(mythology) A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.

noun

(Islam) A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.

Example sentences

1

Everything since then has been attempts to unring a bell, and maybe stuff a genie back into a lamp.

2

By the way it is very surprising a description of the 12-bit Genie protocol does not appear to exist online.

3

Yes, a crime was committed, but you can't put the genie back in the bottle.

4

So yeah, unless you can trick a Genie receiver to parse a code without the header, De Bruijn sequences can't work.

5

Then they try to put the autonomous AI drone genie back in its bottle?

6

How then do they propose to put this genie back in the bottle, having now let it loose these past several decades?

7

It's very difficult, if not impossible, to put the genie back in the bottle.

8

I think there's other factions in politics that would like to stuff the Internet Genie back in it's lamp.

9

So I am not surprised to see Genie absent from the list of models Samy found vulnerable.

10

My point is just that Google isn't some altruistic genie.

11

Good luck stuffing that particular genie back into the bottle.

12

We can't put the genie back in the bottle.

Proper noun examples

1

I forgot to mention a crucial piece of information why De Bruijn sequences couldn't possibly work against Genie.

2

And my manufacturer (Genie) seems to require the code to be transmitted 4 times consecutively to open the door, that's 102.4 ms.

3

I suggest you look at a package that can handle both Bayesian networks and influence diagrams, such as Hugin, Norsys or Genie.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use genie in a sentence?

Everything since then has been attempts to unring a bell, and maybe stuff a genie back into a lamp.

What does genie mean?

A male given name, diminutive of Eugene and pet form of Gene

What part of speech is genie?

genie is commonly used as noun.