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genres

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for genres.

Editorial note

Just because some genres were revived doesn't mean you can predict which genres to dump money into.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for genres.

noun

A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.

Example sentences

1

Just because some genres were revived doesn't mean you can predict which genres to dump money into.

2

In pop music, you have people singing in different national languages in perhaps hundreds of commercially viable genres.

3

We currently run merit-based contests and sweepstakes for some of the biggest artists in the world across all genres.

4

Jazz streaming is much better but that has a very much shorter music period and clearer sub-genres.

5

Focus on asking for new titles in that genre, and leave other genres in peace.

6

Turn on some white noise or some gentle ambient music of dozens of lyrics-free genres and it goes up to 95%.

7

Classical music is one of the genres where the profit-sharing model doesn't work very well.

8

I actually like sub-genres, especially metal sub-genres.

9

Also, for some genres it's possible to get multi-channel WAV that's readily mixable.

10

Some specific genres, like rhythm games, are so sensitive to timing that you can tweak their input-detection settings based on the latency of your television.

11

I'm guessing this is because writers tend to have a similar writing style across genres.

12

In Spanish doesn't sound that weird because nouns have genres anyway.

Quote examples

1

You all seem to love this game." Their response was that space games and RPGs are both dead genres.

2

As far as metal sub-genres go, "melodic death metal" is about as standard as it gets.

3

It's really funny how many "dead" genres have been revived thanks mainly to Steam and Kickstarter.

4

I think "LinkedIn for Computer Scientists" or more specific genres would do as well as OilPro.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use genres in a sentence?

Just because some genres were revived doesn't mean you can predict which genres to dump money into.

What does genres mean?

A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.

What part of speech is genres?

genres is commonly used as noun.