English Dictionary
Definition of “originate”
originate (əˈrɪdʒɪˌneɪt
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Definitions
verb
- to come or bring into being
- (intr) US Canadian (of a bus, train, etc) to begin its journey at a specified point
Alternative Forms
oˌrigiˈnation noun oˈrigiˌnator noun
Synonyms
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begin,
start,
emerge,
come,
issue,
happen,
rise,
appear,
spring,
flow,
be born
proceed,
arise,
dawn,
stem,
derive,
commence,
emanate,
crop up,
come into being come into existence =
invent,
produce,
create,
form,
develop,
design,
launch,
set up,
introduce,
imagine,
institute,
generate,
come up with,
pioneer,
evolve,
devise,
initiate,
conceive,
bring about,
formulate,
give birth to
contrive,
improvise,
dream up,
inaugurate,
think up,
set in motion
Usage examples
Although these things germinate in playgrounds, they often originate in marketing departments.
Scarlett Thomas, POPCO (2004)The 1998 Data Protection Act emphasised the need for consent by those from whom data originate.
British Medical Journal (2002)Back then, Dan Brown's murder mystery tale The Da Vinci Code wasn't sold in France but in the US - where most of her visitors originate.
The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2004)The lightning in Jupiter's atmosphere seems to originate within the water clouds, a layer that lies 20 to 30km beneath the ammonia clouds.
Independent (1998)Most specific project proposals originate at the plant or division level.
Charles A. D'Ambrosio & Stewart D. Hodges & Richard Brealey & Stewart Myers, Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)
