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noun

A writer of a book, article, or document.

Usage examples:

He is the author of several books on the subject

verb

Be the author of (a book or piece of writing).

Usage examples:

She has authored several articles on wildlife

noun

The writer of a book, article, play, etc.

Usage examples:

He is the author of two books on french history.

noun

The point in time or space at which something begins.

Usage examples:

He left at the beginning of february

verb

Perform or undergo the first part of (an action or activity).

Usage examples:

Peter had just begun a life sentence for murder

noun

The first part of something or the start of something

Usage examples:

Notes on how to use this dictionary can be found at the beginning of the book., she sat down and re…

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 house, town, etc. where a person was born

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Stratford-on-avon is famous as shakespeare's birthplace., i was on a trip to haiti, both my husband…

noun

A person or thing that gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition.

Usage examples:

The cause of the accident is not clear

verb

Make (something, especially something bad) happen.

Usage examples:

This disease can cause blindness

conjunction

Short for because.

noun

The action of obtaining something from a source or origin.

Usage examples:

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 origin of something, such as a word, from which another form has developed, or the new form itself

noun

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

Usage examples:

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

The study of the origin and history of words, or a study of this type relating to one particular word

Usage examples:

At university she developed an interest in etymology., a list of selected words and their etymologi…

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.

Usage examples:

Written material in a variety of fonts and formats

noun

The origin or mode of formation of something.

Usage examples:

This tale had its genesis in fireside stories

proper noun

The first book of the bible, which includes the stories of the creation of the world, noah's ark, the tower of babel, and the patriarchs abraham, isaac, jacob, and joseph.

noun

The time when something came into existence; the beginning or origin

Usage examples:

The genesis of life on earth

noun

The study of past events, particularly in human affairs.

Usage examples:

Medieval european history

noun

(the study of) past events considered together, esp. events or developments of a particular period, country, or subject

Usage examples:

[ u ] i’m taking a course in american history., [ c ] i’m reading a history of jazz (= a book that …

noun

A record of past events relating to a particular person or company

Usage examples:

This is the 50th consecutive month of uninterrupted job growth, the longest in the nation's history…

noun

A person or thing that initiates someone or something.

Usage examples:

As initiators of culture and producers of the societies in which we live, the destiny of modern man…

noun

A person who causes something to begin

Usage examples:

She was one of the project's initiators.

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

Usage examples:

[ 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

A person who creates or initiates something.

Usage examples:

Wegener was the originator of the theory of continental drift

noun

The person who first thinks of something and causes it to happen

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There are lots of reasons why the inventor or originator of an idea may not get the lion's share of…

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

The place of origin or earliest known history of something.

Usage examples:

An orange rug of iranian provenance

noun

The place of origin of something

Usage examples:

Jewels of uncertain provenance, this raised doubts about the provenance of the painting., i don't n…

verb

Move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up.

Usage examples:

The tiny aircraft rose from the ground

noun

An upward movement; an instance of rising.

Usage examples:

The bird has a display flight of steep flapping rises

verb

Move upward

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

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

verb

Begin or be reckoned from a particular point in time or space.

Usage examples:

The season starts in september

noun

The point in time or space at which something has its origin; the beginning.

Usage examples:

He takes over as chief executive at the start of next year

abbreviation

Strategic arms reduction treaty, an agreement between the us and the soviet union to limit and reduce strategic nuclear weapons, first signed in 1991.

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