genesisnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈdʒen.ə.sɪs/us/ˈdʒen.ə.sɪs/formalthe origin of something, when it is begun or starts to exist:
The story had its genesis in a conversation the author had with his mother.
research into the genesis of cancer
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- be a recipe for disaster, trouble, success, etc. idiom
- beginning
- birthplace
- born
- breeding ground
- come from somewhere/sth
- emanate from/through sth/sb
- fount
- hail from somewhere
- issue
- issue from sth
- origin
- root
- seed
- son
- source
- stem
- stem from sth
- the cradle of sth idiom
- ur-
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