domestication
The act of domesticating, or accustoming to homeThe act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
» Zebras become progressively more ill-tempered as they age, which militates against their domestication.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
Domestizierung
одома́шниваниеodomášnivanije, доместика́цияdomestikácija
одома́шненняodomášnennja
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, uncountable)The act of domesticating a text.
- accommodation to domestic life
- adaptation to intimate association with human beings
- the attribute of having been domesticated
Examples
1 sentencesZebras become progressively more ill-tempered as they age, which militates against their domestication.
Translations
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Forms
plural: domestications| Singular | domestication |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- the attribute of having been domesticated:tameness
Word family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable