originate
verb
intransitive verb
transitive verb
Synonyms
- actualize
- appear
- arise
- begin
- break
- commence
- dawn
- engender
- form
- materialize
- set in
- spring
- start
Example Sentences
Mike Hume, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2022 Where did rumors of the Thermostat Menace originate? Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 18 July 2022 Reichmuth encouraged people to be aware of the history of where claims against EVs originate. Thomas Birmingham, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2022 Corbicula clams, like the one seen in Winters Run, are part of an invasive species that does not originate in Maryland but has been found there before. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 Aug. 2022 Rather than stimulating retinal neurons from within the retina, Zhou and his colleagues triggered their activity with ultrasound, or high frequency sound waves, that originate outside of the eye. Connie Chang Chinchio, Popular Mechanics, 25 Aug. 2022 Like many terms that originate in the canon of Black art and thought, self-care has been swallowed into a vortex of mainstream overuse and lack of attribution. Janelle Harris Dixon, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2022 Providers have to take care of a complex, cross-functional model while routing transactions that originate from today’s multidimensional and diverse alternative payment methods. Michel Kilzi, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022 On Thursday, the WHO warned that Africa is facing a growing risk of outbreaks caused by zoonotic pathogens that originate in non-human animals and then switch species and infect humans. Bymorgan Winsor, ABC News, 15 July 2022 See More Word History
1668, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
Phrases Containing originate
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originate
verb
transitive verb
intransitive verb
originate
verb
Synonyms & Similar Words
- arise
- begin
- appear
- commence
- start
- exist
- be
- emerge
- form
- materialize
- arrive
- engender
- actualize
- set in
- spring
- live
- dawn
- subsist
- last
- break
- continue
- persist
- coalesce
- breathe
- survive
- cohere
- come on
- endure
- shape (up)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- cease
- stop
- terminate
- end
- conclude
- disappear
- vanish
- halt
- evaporate
- finish
- discontinue
- dissolve
- die
- quit
- depart
- expire
- desist
- perish
- pass away
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of originate are arise, derive, emanate, flow, issue, proceed, rise, spring, and stem. While all these words mean "to come up or out of something into existence," originate implies a definite source or starting point.
Arise and rise may both convey the fact of coming into existence or notice but rise often stresses gradual growth or ascent.
While in some cases nearly identical to originate, derive implies a prior existence in another form.
In some situations, the words emanate and originate are roughly equivalent. However, emanate applies to the coming of something immaterial (such as a thought) from a source.
Flow adds to spring a suggestion of abundance or ease of inception.
The meanings of issue and originate largely overlap; however, issue suggests emerging from confinement through an outlet.
The words proceed and originate can be used in similar contexts, but proceed stresses place of origin, derivation, parentage, or logical cause.
While the synonyms spring and originate are close in meaning, spring implies rapid or sudden emerging.
Although the words stem and originate have much in common, stem implies originating by dividing or branching off from something as an outgrowth or subordinate development.