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To form; to start to exist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- Sociologists would like to study how this phenomenon came into being.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: appear, form, materialize, take shape
Antonyms: none provided
be born or come into existence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- All these flowers come to life when the rains come
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: come to life
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be born
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
törəmək
— start to exist
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Chinese Mandarin:
形成
(xíngchéng)
— start to exist
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Chinese Mandarin:
產生 /产生
(chǎnshēng)
— start to exist
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Chinese Mandarin:
誕生 /诞生
(dànshēng)
— start to exist
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Chinese Mandarin:
面世
(miànshì)
— start to exist
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Dutch:
ontstaan
— start to exist
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Finnish:
saada alkunsa
— start to exist
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Finnish:
syntyä
— start to exist
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French:
apparaître
— start to exist
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German:
entstehen
— start to exist
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Hungarian:
létrejön
— start to exist
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Hungarian:
megszületik
— start to exist
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Hungarian:
születik
— start to exist
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Hungarian:
keletkezik
— start to exist
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Hungarian:
kialakul
— start to exist
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Eastern Mari:
шочаш
(šočaš)
— start to exist
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Polish:
zaistnieć
— start to exist
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Polish:
powstawać
— start to exist
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Polish:
powstać
— start to exist
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Portuguese:
surgir
— start to exist
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Russian:
возника́ть
(voznikátʹ)
— start to exist
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Russian:
возни́кнуть
(vozníknutʹ)
— start to exist
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Swedish:
bli till
— start to exist
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Swedish:
uppstå
— start to exist
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Tok Pisin:
kamap
— start to exist
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Welsh:
dod i fod
— start to exist
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Welsh:
deor
— start to exist
