originateverb
uk/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.eɪt/us/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.eɪt/C2 [ I ] to come from a particular place, time, situation, etc.:
Although the technology originated in the UK, it has been developed in the US
The game is thought to have originated among the native peoples of Alaska.
[ T ] to start something or cause it to happen:
Who originated the saying "Small is beautiful"?
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- be a recipe for disaster, trouble, success, etc. idiom
- beginning
- birthplace
- born
- breeding ground
- come from somewhere/sth
- emanate from/through sth/sb
- fount
- genesis
- hail from somewhere
- issue
- issue from sth
- root
- seed
- son
- source
- stem
- stem from sth
- the cradle of sth idiom
- ur-
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