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单词 originations
释义

originate

verb

orig·​i·​nate ə-ˈri-jə-ˌnāt How to pronounce originate (audio)
originated; originating

intransitive verb

: to take or have origin : begin
That board game originated in the 1940s.

transitive verb

: to give rise to : initiate
The composer originated 10 songs for the Broadway musical.
origination
ə-ˌri-jə-ˈnā-shən How to pronounce originate (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • actualize
  • appear
  • arise
  • begin
  • break
  • commence
  • dawn
  • engender
  • form
  • materialize
  • set in
  • spring
  • start
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Example Sentences

These stories originated during earlier times. The book originated as a series of lectures. The sound seemed to originate from outside the room. The custom is believed to have originated in the western U.S. He did not originate the idea. The policy was originated by the previous administration. See More
Recent Examples on the Web Where does the tension originate in a potential plot? 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

First Known Use

1668, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Kids Definition

originate

verb

orig·​i·​nate ə-ˈri-jə-ˌnāt How to pronounce originate (audio)
originated; originating
1
: to bring into being : invent, initiate
I had lots of time to cook … and I must say I originated some excellent meals. Jean Craighead George, My Side of the Mountain
2
: to come into being
The custom originated in ancient times.

Legal Definition

originate

verb

orig·​i·​nate ə-ˈri-jə-ˌnāt How to pronounce originate (audio)
originated; originating

transitive verb

: to give rise to
specifically : to issue (a mortgage loan) usually for subsequent sale in a pool of mortgage loans to a secondary market compare service

intransitive verb

: to take or have origin

originations

noun

plural of origination
1
as in productions

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • productions
  • innovations
  • formations
  • developments
  • nascencies
  • geneses
  • creations
  • generations
  • constructions
  • conceptions
  • inventions
  • rises
  • births
  • fabrications
2
as in commencements

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • commencements
  • initiations
  • beginnings
  • origins
  • starts
  • openings
  • introductions
  • outsets
  • proems
  • intros
  • prologs
  • prolusions
  • prefaces
  • preludes
  • preambles
  • exordiums
  • exordia
  • forewords
  • prologues

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • epilogues
  • closings
  • envoys
  • terminations
  • postscripts
  • conclusions
  • aftermaths
  • epilogs
  • cessations
  • stops
  • ends
  • finales
  • finishes
  • closes
  • envois
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