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- pronunciation:
- je
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sihs
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
geneses |
| definition 1: |
the beginning or origin of something.
If you're interested in the genesis of rock-'n'-roll, you need to look further back than the mid 1950s.- synonyms:
- beginning, birth, commencement, creation, dawn, inception, origin, outset, start
- similar words:
- alpha, first, opening, root, source
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| definition 2: |
(cap.) the first book of the Old Testament, which tells of the creation of the universe and the history of the Hebrew patriarchs.
- similar words:
- Pentateuch
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| related words: |
beginning, commencement |
The word genesis
contains the following parts:
gen, gener
Latin and Greek
root
that means birth, origin, race, kind
  Example words:
gene, general, generate, generation, generator, generic, generous, genetic, genius, gentleman, genuine, hydrogen, indigenous, ingenious, oxygen
-sis
Greek
noun-forming suffix
that means act, process, or condition of
Example words:
- synonyms:
- -osis
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