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noun
The process of bringing something into existence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The act of bringing something into existence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, error-lua-exec
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: initiation, founding, foundation, institution, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beginning, start, commencement
Narrower terms: authorship, paternity
noun
an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: origin, inception
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beginning
Narrower terms: germination, cause, preliminary, overture, prelude, emanation, rise, procession
History
Borrowed from Latin orīginātiō, from orīgō (“to act, to commence”, stem as origin-) + -tiō.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
