Provenance - English meaning

noun

The place where a person was born.

Usage examples:

Each chapter illuminates a different area of the city and includes facts on birthplaces, burial pla…

noun

The town or other place where a person was born

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The town was the birthplace (1868) of black writer w.e.b. dubois., known for its famous mardi gras …

noun

The action of obtaining something from a source or origin.

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The derivation of scientific laws from observation

noun

The origin from which something developed

Usage examples:

Does anyone know the derivation of the word “ok”?

noun

The study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history.

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The decline of etymology as a linguistic discipline

noun

The origin and history of a word or words, or the study of word origins

noun

A source of a desirable quality or commodity.

Usage examples:

Our courier was a fount of knowledge

noun

Variant spelling of font2.

noun

A set of type of one particular face and size.

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Written material in a variety of fonts and formats

noun

The point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived.

Usage examples:

His theory of the origin of life

noun

The thing from which something comes, or the place where it began

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[ c ] the origins of language, [ u ] he studied the origin and development of the nervous system., …

noun

The beginning or cause of something

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The origins of this practice date back to the time of the depression., whether entrepreneurs are se…

noun

The record of descent of an animal, showing it to be pure-bred.

Usage examples:

They are looking for animals with pedigrees

adjective

(of an animal) pure-bred.

Usage examples:

Pedigree cats

noun

The parents and other family members of a particular animal, or a record of them

Usage examples:

A dog’s pedigree, populism and conservatism have strong southern pedigrees.

noun

Another term for provenance.

noun

The base of a system of numeration.

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Here r is the base, or radix, and the coefficients d i are the digits of the number.

noun

The beginning part of an organ in the body

noun

The part of a plant which attaches it to the ground or to a support, typically underground, conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant via numerous branches and fibres.

Usage examples:

Cacti have deep and spreading roots

verb

Cause (a plant or cutting) to grow roots.

Usage examples:

Root your own cuttings from stock plants

noun

An act of rooting.

Usage examples:

I had a root through the open drawers

noun

The part of a plant which attaches it to the ground or to a support, typically underground, conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant via numerous branches and fibres.

Usage examples:

Cacti have deep and spreading roots

verb

Cause (a plant or cutting) to grow roots.

Usage examples:

Root your own cuttings from stock plants

noun

An act of rooting.

Usage examples:

I had a root through the open drawers

noun

A place, person, or thing from which something originates or can be obtained.

Usage examples:

Mackerel is a good source of fish oil

verb

Obtain from a particular source.

Usage examples:

Each type of coffee is sourced from one country

noun

Something or someone that causes or produces something, or is the origin of it

Usage examples:

A source of energy/light, spinach is a good source of vitamins., his wife was a constant source of …

verb

Move or jump suddenly or rapidly upwards or forwards.

Usage examples:

I sprang out of bed

noun

The season after winter and before summer, in which vegetation begins to appear, in the northern hemisphere from march to may and in the southern hemisphere from september to november.

Usage examples:

In spring the garden is a feast of blossom

verb

Move forward by leaps and bounds

noun

Literary term for well head (sense 1).

noun

The place something comes from or starts at, or the cause of something

Usage examples:

The wellspring of the creative spirit