genesis
pronunciation
How to pronounce genesis in British English:
UK [ˈdʒenəsɪs]
How to pronounce genesis in American English:
US [ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs]
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- Noun:
- a coming into being
Word Origin
- genesis (n.)
- Old English Genesis, first book of the Pentateuch, which tells among other things of the creation of the world, from Latin genesis "generation, nativity," in Late Latin taken as the title of first book of the Old Testament, from Greek genesis "origin, creation, generation," from gignesthai "to be born," related to genos "race, birth, descent" (see genus). Greek translators used the word as the title of the biblical book, rendering Hebrew bereshith, literally "in the beginning," which was the first word of the text, taken as its title. Extended sense of "origin, creation" first recorded in English c. 1600.
Example
- 1. Such transactions are really the genesis of the modern private equity industry .
- 2. But confusion has also arisen because of the unusual genesis of the crisis .
- 3. This basic definition was the genesis for the modern democracy in the united states and elsewhere .
- 4. The company has launched two prototypes , genesis I and genesis ii , on russian converted intercontinental ballistic missiles .
- 5. It would mean life could exist under a completely different chemical environment then what we know to exist on earth : a second genesis .