domestication
domestication noun: the act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
Noun
domestication (countable and uncountable, plural domestications)
- The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
- The act of domesticating, or making a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
- The act of domesticating a text.
domestication meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Arabic and Malay
domestication in Tamil
- பழக்கல், கொல்லைப்படுத்தல், வேளாண்மையிற்பயன்படுத்தல்
domestication in Tagalog
- the action of taming
- sapaamo
domestication in Arabic
- the action of taming
- اِسْتِئْنَاس istiʔnās
domestication in Malay
- the action of taming
- pembelajinakan, pendomestikan, domestikasi
Forms of domestication
| plural | domestications |
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Origin of domestication
From domesticate + -ion.
Words formed from domestication
Phrases with domestication
Words that rhyme with domestication
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about domestication
- What does domestication mean?
- Domestication means the act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
- What is domestication in Tamil?
- Domestication in Tamil is பழக்கல், கொல்லைப்படுத்தல், வேளாண்மையிற்பயன்படுத்தல். See Domestication meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is domestication?
- Domestication is a noun.
- What is the plural of domestication?
- The plural of domestication is domestications.
Words near domestication in the dictionary
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