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The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's the best thing. Just steal.
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Meaning of "genius" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GENIUS

From Latin, from gignere to beget.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GENIUS

genius  [ˈdʒiːnɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GENIUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Genius can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GENIUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Genius

A genius is a person who displays exceptional intellectual ability, creativity, or originality, typically to a degree that is associated with the achievement of an unprecedented leap of insight. This may refer to a particular aspect of an individual, or the individual in his or her entirety; to a scholar in many subjects or a scholar in a single subject. There is no scientifically precise definition of genius, and the question of whether the notion itself has any real meaning has long been a subject of debate.

Definition of genius in the English dictionary

The first definition of genius in the dictionary is a person with exceptional ability, esp of a highly original kind. Other definition of genius is such ability or capacity. Genius is also the distinctive spirit or creative nature of a nation, era, language, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GENIUS


aeneous
ˈiːnɪəs
aeneus
ˈiːnɪəs
arsenious
ɑːˈsiːnɪəs
carneous
ˈkɑːnɪəs
corneous
ˈkɔːnɪəs
cuneus
ˈkjuːnɪəs
eburneous
eˈbɜːnɪəs
heterogeneous
ˌhɛtərəʊˈdʒiːnɪəs
homogeneous
ˌhəʊməˈdʒiːnɪəs
impecunious
ˌɪmpɪˈkjuːnɪəs
inhomogeneous
ɪnˌhəʊməˈdʒiːnɪəs
miscellaneous
ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəs
nonhomogeneous
ˌnɒnˌhəʊməˈdʒiːnɪəs
overingenious
ˌəʊvərɪnˈdʒiːnɪəs
pecunious
pɪˈkjuːnɪəs
pergameneous
ˌpɜːɡəˈmiːnɪəs
ruthenious
ruːˈθiːnɪəs
selenious
sɪˈliːnɪəs
splenius
ˈspliːnɪəs
ustilagineous
ˌʌstɪləˈdʒiːnɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GENIUS

genit.
genital
genital herpes
genital warts
genitalia
genitalial
genitalic
genitally
genitals
genitival
genitivally
genitive
genitively
genitor
genitourinary
genitourinary medicine
geniture
genius loci
genizah
genizoth

WORDS THAT END LIKE GENIUS

Antonius
Arminius
Arrhenius
Ascanius
Ausonius
child genius
Comenius
Ennius
euphonius
Flaminius
Junius
Petronius
Suetonius
Vilnius

Synonyms and antonyms of genius in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GENIUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «genius» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of genius

Translation of «genius» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GENIUS

Find out the translation of genius to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of genius from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «genius» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

天才
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

genio
570 millions of speakers

English

genius
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रतिभा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عَبْقَرِيّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гений
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gênio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতিভা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

génie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Genius
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Genie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

天才
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

천재
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Genius
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thiên tài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேதை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अलौकिक बुद्धिमत्ता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

deha
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

genio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

geniusz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

геній
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

talent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεγαλοφυΐα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

genie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

geni
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

geni
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of genius

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GENIUS»

The term «genius» is very widely used and occupies the 7.206 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GENIUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «genius» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «genius» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about genius

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10 QUOTES WITH «GENIUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word genius.
1
William R. Alger
To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it.
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Pietro Aretino
Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.
3
Maurice Baring
In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.
4
Charles Baudelaire
Genius is childhood recalled at will.
5
Beck
I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don't have enough hair to be a genius. I think you have to have hair going everywhere.
6
Ritchie Blackmore
The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's the best thing. Just steal.
7
Linda Blair
Of all the projects I've worked on, I've never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he's a genius.
8
Daniel J. Boorstin
I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one.
9
Ken Burns
The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts.
10
Michael Dell
You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GENIUS»

Discover the use of genius in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to genius and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Genius: the life and science of Richard Feynman
The best-selling author of Chaos profiles the life and achievements of iconoclastic physicist and Nobel laureate Richard Feynman, describing his unique vision of science and his revolutionary legacy. 100,000 first printing. $100,000 ...
James Gleick, 1992
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Genius: The Natural History of Creativity
Starting with the fact that genius and creativity are frequently related to psychopathology, this book brings together many different lines of research into the subject.
H. J. Eysenck, 1995
3
Alexander McQueen: Genius of a Generation
A tribute to AlexanderMcQueen, 1969-2010.
Kristin Knox, 2010
4
Football Genius with Bonus Material
This special promo ebook includes an excerpt of "Deep Zone," the companion to "Football Genius, " as well as excerpts of "Football Hero, Football Champ, " and "The Big Time" as well as each of the Baseball Great novels ("Baseball Great, ...
Tim Green, 2011
5
Genius Explained
This study controversially suggests genius is made not born by tracing the lives of famous figures.
Michael J. A. Howe, 2001
6
The Genius of Shakespeare
This fascinating book by one of Britain's most acclaimed young Shakespeare scholars explores the extraordinary staying-power of Shakespeare's work.
Jonathan Bate, 1998
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Genius 101
Each chapter is informative, well organized, provocative, and entertaining. This book presents the best short introduction to genius to be found." --Robert Sternberg PsycCritiques Are geniuses born or made?
Dean Keith Simonton PhD, 2009
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Accidental Genius: Using Writing to Generate Your Best ...
Also new to this edition: an extensive section on how to refine your raw freewriting into something you can share with the world.
Mark Levy, 2010
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Unoriginal Genius: Poetry by Other Means in the New Century
She discusses the processes of choice, framing, and reconfiguration in the work of Brazilian Concretism and Oulipo, both movements now understood as precursors of such hybrid citational texts as Charles Bernstein’s opera libretto ...
Marjorie Perloff, 2010
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Gertrude Stein, Modernism, and the Problem of "genius"
Liquid Metal brings together 'seminal' essays that have opened up the study of science fiction to serious critical interrogation.
Barbara Will, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GENIUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term genius is used in the context of the following news items.
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Filipino students get gold, bronze awards in GENIUS Olympiad
The four victorious High School students Tiffany Lao, Melissa Cheng, Annicka Koteh, Anjeli Panis who bagged gold and bronze award in ... «Philippine Star, Jul 15»
2
Love & Mercy: what Brian Wilson's story tells us about genius and …
By portraying the Pet Sounds sessions so extensively, Love & Mercy draws attention to the process of genius, rather than the product alone. «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
3
Genius Girl shows elite-college mania
Here's the worst part of it, the part that Genius Girl illustrates so perfectly: This is not about academics. It is not about a monastic love of learning, ... «Santa Fe New Mexican, Jul 15»
4
Channing Tatum: Magic Mike marketing was 'genius'
Channing Tatum thinks the marketing for 'Magic Mike' was ''genius'' but insists it didn't really portray the seriousness of the drama. «TV3.ie, Jul 15»
5
Evil genius Novak Djokovic denies Federer fairytale ending
Evil genius Novak Djokovic denies Federer fairytale ending. Stewart Fisher. Sports Writer. Sunday 12 July 2015. THE Wimbledon crowd craved the Hollywood ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
6
No Refund Theatre captures Disney's genius, madness
In a large room with one light shining on the screen, an informational video with Walt Disney speaking about his plans and ideas for Epcot play ... «The Daily Collegian Online, Jul 15»
7
The murky genius of Fallout: New Vegas
Fallout 3 wasn't a bad game - far from it - but its successor Fallout: New Vegas was most definitely better. This was a sequel that righted Fallout ... «Eurogamer.net, Jul 15»
8
Review: 'Genius at Play: The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway'
Genius at Play” sounds like a contradictory title, but it isn't. “Play” in its broadest intellectual sense is the benevolent mind-host to thousands of ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»
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Kyle Riabko: 'Bacharach's a genius – his music has joy'
London is already awash with jukebox shows, drawing on the pop repertoires of everyone from the Beatles and Michael Jackson to Frankie ... «The Stage, Jul 15»
10
Meet the heirs to Ramanujan's genius
Writing about mathematics and its practitioners is a double-edged sword. I can and do look forward to the delights that glimpses of esoteric ... «Livemint, Jul 15»

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