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seminal

[ sem-uh-nl ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
  2. Botany. of or relating to seed.
  3. having possibilities of future development.
  4. highly original and influencing the development of future events:

    a seminal artist; seminal ideas.

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seminal

/ ˈɛɪə /

adjective

  1. potentially capable of development
  2. highly original, influential, and important
  3. rudimentary or unformed
  4. of or relating to semen

    seminal fluid

  5. biology of or relating to seed
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ𳾾Բ, adverb
  • ˌ𳾾ˈԲٲ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • i·Բi·ٲ noun
  • i·Բ· adverb
  • t·i·Բ adjective
  • ·i·Բ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of seminal1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ŧ, equivalent to ŧ- (stem of ŧ ) seed, semen + - -al 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of seminal1

C14: from Late Latin ŧ belonging to seed, from Latin ŧ seed
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Givens also evolved as a content creator and personality through the launch of his podcast, “Waterproof Records,” where he discusses seminal albums and interviews famous musicians.

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But if there was a room of statues representing boxing's greatest fights, the one representing Ali and Frazier's two seminal bouts would sit in the middle.

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He described the “seminal moment” as the wrenching sight of his brother sleeping one night, an image that filled his heart with pity.

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Wallace’s son, who was also known as Biggie, was gunned down in 1997 following a music industry party in the Mid-Wilshire district, just two weeks before his seminal album “Life After Death” was released.

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Shoup’s central argument, published most expansively in his 700-page seminal work “The High Cost of Free Parking,” was that everything that most people think about parking was wrong.

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