genesis
[noun]
Synonyms: beginning, birth, creation, formation, inception, origin, start

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Contrasted words: cessation, conclusion, culmination, end, finish, termination
Related Words: provenance, provenience

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

Genesis
the first book of the Old Testament of the Bible, which describes the history of the Earth and its people. It includes the creation of Heaven and the Earth, the story of Adam and Eve and, and the story of the flood. Many people know the first words of Genesis:
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

gen‧e‧sis /ˈdʒenəsəs, ˈdʒenɪsəs/ noun [singular] formal
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: Greek, from gignesthai 'to be born']
the beginning or origin of something
genesis of
the genesis of the myth

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲