1. An event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
   - origin, inception 
2. The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
   - initiation, founding, foundation, institution, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration

Derived forms: originations

See also: originate

Type of: beginning, commencement, start

Encyclopedia: Origination

• cress green
• cress plant
• cresset
• cresson
• crest
• crested
• crested cariama
• crested coral root
• crested myna
• crested penguin
• crested screamer
• crested swift
• crested wheatgrass
• crestfallen
• crestless
• crestless wave
• cretaceous
• Cretaceous period
• Cretan
• cretan dittany
• Crete
• crete dittany
• cretin
• cretinism
• cretinous