originate
verb OPAL W
/əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt/
/əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they originate | /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt/ /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt/ |
| he / she / it originates | /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪts/ /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪts/ |
| past simple originated | /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪtɪd/ /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle originated | /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪtɪd/ /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form originating | /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪtɪŋ/ /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to happen or appear for the first time in a particular place or situation
- The disease is thought to have originated in the tropics.
- The word originated as a marketing term.
- [transitive] originate something to create something new
- Locke originated this theory in the 17th century.
- [intransitive] to start in a particular place
- originate in… His flight originated in Japan.
- originate from/out of… Flights originating out of Toronto should reach Edmonton without much problem.
- originate at… 28 trains now originate and terminate at Tambaram.
- originate from… The call had originated from Jamaica/a cell phone.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin originat- ‘caused to begin’, from Latin origo, origin- ‘source, origin’.