单词 | originate |
释义 | originate/əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt / /ɒˈrɪdʒɪneɪt/verb [no object, with adverbial] 1Have a specified beginning: the word originated as a marketing term...
Synonyms arise, have its origin, derive, begin, start, stem, spring, emerge, develop, grow, rise, flow, emanate, issue 1.1 [with object] Create or initiate (something): he is responsible for originating this particular cliché...
Synonyms invent, be the inventor of, create, initiate, devise, think up, dream up, coin, conceive, design, concoct, contrive, formulate, form, evolve, develop, generate, engender, produce, discover, set in motion, set up, put in place, inaugurate, launch, mastermind, pioneer, introduce, establish, institute, bring about, found, give birth to, be the father/mother of literary beget Derivativesoriginative
OriginMid 17th century: from medieval Latin originat- 'caused to begin', from Latin origo, origin- 'source, origin'. |
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