Genesis

UK: 'genesis', 'Genesis': /ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/

US: /ˈdʒɛnəsɪs/

US: ( jen′ə sis)

Inflections of 'genesis' (n): npl: geneses

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Genesis / ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/ noun

1. the first book of the Old Testament recounting the events from the Creation of the world to the sojourning of the Israelites in Egypt

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gen•e•sis /ˈdʒɛnəsɪs/   n. [countable] , pl. -ses 

/-ˌsiz/.  
1. an origin;
   creation:
   the genesis of an idea.

See -gen-.

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held /hɛld/   v. 

1. pt. and pp. of hold¹.

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gen•e•sis  ( jen′ə sis), n., pl. -ses 

(-sēz′). 
1. an origin, creation, or beginning.

• Greek génesis origin, source
• Latin: generation, birth
• 1595–1605

Gen•e•sis  ( jen′ə sis), n. 

1. Bible the first book of the Bible, dealing with the Creation and the Patriarchs. Abbr.: Gen.

Ge•ne•si•ac  (jə nē′sē ak′), Gen•e•si•a•cal  (jen′ə sī′ə kəl), Gen′e•sit′ic, adj. 

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held  (held), v. 

1. pt. and a pp. of hold. 

-genesis, 

1. a combining form of genesis:
   parthenogenesis.

Held  (held), n. 

1. Biographical John, Jr., 1889–1958, U.S. cartoonist, illustrator, and writer.

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genesis / ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/ noun ( -ses / -ˌsiːz/)

1. a beginning or origin of anything

Etymology: Old English: via Latin from Greek; related to Greek gignesthai to be born

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-genesis combining_form:in_noun:countable

1. indicating genesis, development, or generation: biogenesis, parthenogenesis

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin: genesis

-genetic, -genic combining_form:in_adjective