genesis

Collocations

4

ADJ.

common, english, solar

The solar genesis of our planet occurred billions of years ago in a cosmic dust cloud.

VERB + GENESIS

account, book, matter, mentioned

The book gave a detailed account of the company's genesis in a small garage.

GENESIS + NOUN

chavacano, chinese, creation, fungi, german, idea, narrative, structures

The genesis of the idea came to her while she was walking through the park one morning.

PREP.

in

The genesis in that business dispute traced back to a simple misunderstanding between partners.

Definitions

noun

1

The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.

Some point to the creation of Magna Carta as the genesis of English common law.

The genesis of the Chinese bronze mirror can be traced far back into the Chou dynasty. Some pieces that may possibly date from the eighth century b.c., but certainly predate the year 655 b.c., were unearthed in 1956–1957 at Shang-ts’ung-ling near San-men-hsia in western Honan Province.

name

1

The first book in the Hebrew Bible.

2

A female given name from Ancient Greek of American usage since the 1980s.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a coming into being

generation

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

Some point to the creation of Magna Carta as the genesis of English common law.

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02

The genesis of the Chinese bronze mirror can be traced far back into the Chou dynasty. Some pieces that may possibly date from the eighth century b.c., but certainly predate the year 655 b.c., were un

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03

The genesis of that idea can be traced back to a casual conversation a decade earlier.

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04

How would it be possible to account for the genesis of structures if we are always already within a structure?

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05

They ended the broadcast with the crew taking turns reading from the book of Genesis.

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06

Tom was one of the unnamed "sons and daughters" mentioned in Genesis.

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