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generous BrE / ˈdʒenərəs /  NAmE / ˈdʒenərəs / Native audio playback is not supported. generous(adjective)BrE / ˈdʒenərəs /  NAmE / ˈdʒenərəs / giving or willing to give freely; given freelyopposite meanhttps://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mean_2a generous benefactorto be generous with your timeto be generous in giving helpa generous gift/offerIt was generous of him to offer to pay for us both.more than is necessary; largesynonym lavishhttps://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/lavish_1a generous helping of meatThe car has a generous amount of space.kind in the way you treat people; willing to see what is good about somebody/somethinga generous mindHe wrote a very generous assessment of my work.Extra ExamplesJohn’s getting very generous with the wine!She’s quite generous with her praise.Thank you for your donation. It was very generous of you.The review panel criticized the payments as overly generous.They have been extremely generous to the church.You have been most generous.He took a generous helping of pasta.He’s a kind and generous man.Her generous spirit shone through in everything she did.It was very generous of her to offer to pay.That’s a very generous offer.The director thanked the chairman for his generous gift.The gallery was named after its most generous benefactor.They were very generous with their time.Word Originlate 16th cent.: via Old French from Latin generosus ‘noble, magnanimous’, from genus, gener- ‘stock, race’. The original sense was ‘of noble birth’, hence ‘characteristic of noble birth, courageous, magnanimous, not mean’ (a sense already present in Latin).

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(adjective) a generous benefactorto be generous with your timeto be generous in giving helpa generous gift/offer Search images by the wordhttps://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=661&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=generous This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Word	generous
WordType	(adjective)
Phonetic	BrE / ˈdʒenərəs / NAmE / ˈdʒenərəs /
Example	a generous benefactor to be generous with your time to be generous in giving help a generous gift/offer
Sound	Native audio playback is not supported.
Image	Search images by the word https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=661&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=generous
Content	generous (adjective)BrE / ˈdʒenərəs / NAmE / ˈdʒenərəs / giving or willing to give freely; given freely opposite mean https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mean_2 a generous benefactor to be generous with your time to be generous in giving help a generous gift/offer It was generous of him to offer to pay for us both. more than is necessary; large synonym lavish https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/lavish_1 a generous helping of meat The car has a generous amount of space. kind in the way you treat people; willing to see what is good about somebody/something a generous mind He wrote a very generous assessment of my work. Extra Examples John’s getting very generous with the wine! She’s quite generous with her praise. Thank you for your donation. It was very generous of you. The review panel criticized the payments as overly generous. They have been extremely generous to the church. You have been most generous. He took a generous helping of pasta. He’s a kind and generous man. Her generous spirit shone through in everything she did. It was very generous of her to offer to pay. That’s a very generous offer. The director thanked the chairman for his generous gift. The gallery was named after its most generous benefactor. They were very generous with their time. Word Origin late 16th cent.: via Old French from Latin generosus ‘noble, magnanimous’, from genus, gener- ‘stock, race’. The original sense was ‘of noble birth’, hence ‘characteristic of noble birth, courageous, magnanimous, not mean’ (a sense already present in Latin).
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Generous ˈdʒenərəs Giving Adjective Bre Benefactor Time Gift/Offer

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