domestication

CEFRC2

/dəˌmɛstəˈkeɪʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The process of training animals to live with people.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.

Examples

  • Zebras become progressively more ill-tempered as they age, which militates against their domestication.

  • The domestication of animals began thousands of years ago.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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.

  2. The act of domesticating a text.

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Question 1 · Quick check

The process of blank wolves into dogs took thousands of years.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From domesticate + -ion.