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seminal

sem·i·nal
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sem-uh-nl]
    • /ˈsɛm ə nl/
    • /ˈsem.ɪ.nəl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sem-uh-nl]
    • /ˈsɛm ə nl/

Definitions of seminal word

  • adjective seminal pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen. 1
  • adjective seminal Botany. of or relating to seed. 1
  • adjective seminal having possibilities of future development. 1
  • adjective seminal highly original and influencing the development of future events: a seminal artist; seminal ideas. 1
  • adjective seminal influential 1
  • adjective seminal relating to semen 1

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Origin of seminal

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin sēminālis, equivalent to sēmin- (stem of sēmen) seed, semen + -ālis -al1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Seminal

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

seminal popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

seminal usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for seminal

adj seminal

  • causal — If there is a causal relationship between two things, one thing is responsible for causing the other thing.
  • causative — Causative factors are ones which are responsible for causing something.
  • demiurgic — Philosophy. Platonism. the artificer of the world. (in the Gnostic and certain other systems) a supernatural being imagined as creating or fashioning the world in subordination to the Supreme Being, and sometimes regarded as the originator of evil.
  • four-star — of or being a full general or admiral, as indicated by four stars on an insignia.
  • front-page — of major importance; worth putting on the first page of a newspaper.

adjective seminal

  • determinative — able to or serving to settle or determine; deciding
  • formative — giving form or shape; forming; shaping; fashioning; molding: a formative process in manufacturing.
  • originative — having or characterized by the power of originating; creative.

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