gem

Use gem in a sentence

Several different colored gems.

noun

The definition of a gem is a jewel, valuable stone, or something highly valued.

An example of a gem is an emerald.
An example of a gem is an excellent employee.

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gem

1. a cut and polished gemstone or a pearl, used for ornamentation
2. gemstone: a fortune in uncut gems
anything prized for its beauty and value, esp. if small and perfect of its kind
a highly valued person
a kind of muffin

Origin of gem

Middle English gemme from Old French from Classical Latin gemma, a swelling, bud, precious stone from Indo-European an unverified form ?embhna from base an unverified form ?embh-, to bite, tooth from source comb

transitive verb

gemmed, gem′ming

to adorn or set with or as with gems

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gem

noun

A piece of a valuable mineral or minerallike substance that has been cut, polished, or otherwise prepared for use as an ornament.
a. Something that is valued for its beauty or perfection: a little gem of a book.
b. A beloved or highly prized person.
A muffin, especially a very small one.

transitive verb

gemmed, gem·ming, gems

To adorn with gems.

Origin of gem

Middle English gemme from Old French from Latin gemma ; see gembh- in Indo-European roots.

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Proper noun

A native or resident of the American state of Idaho.

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gem - Computer Definition

(1) See JEM and GEMS.

(2) (gem) The format for packaging Ruby programs via the RubyGems package manager. See Ruby.

(3) (Graphics Environment Manager) A early graphical user interface from Digital Research that was similar to the Mac/Windows environment. It was built into ROM in several Atari computers. The DOS version of Ventura Publisher came with a runtime version of GEM, enabling graphics-based page layout on a PC, which was not common at the time.

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