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originate
[ uh-rij-uh-neyt ]
verb (used without object)
- to take its origin or rise; begin; start; arise:
The practice originated during the Middle Ages.
- (of a train, bus, or other public conveyance) to begin a scheduled run at a specified place:
This train originates at Philadelphia.
verb (used with object)
- to give origin or rise to; initiate; invent:
to originate a better method.
originate
/ əˈrɪdʒɪˌneɪt /
verb
- to come or bring into being
- intr (of a bus, train, etc) to begin its journey at a specified point
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Derived Forms
- oˌrigiˈnation, noun
- oˈrigiˌnator, noun
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Other Words From
- o·rig·i·na·ble [uh, -, rij, -, uh, -n, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
- o·rigi·nation noun
- o·rigi·nator noun
- self-o·rigi·nated adjective
- self-o·rigi·nating adjective
- self-o·rigi·nation noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of originate1
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Example Sentences
In wearing it, Hurley helped originate a wider revolution, too.
Where did this climate of fear originate within the Murdoch organization?
But where do air pollutants in northern China, in particular Beijing, originate?
The title will apparently remain “Late Show” and the program will still originate from The Ed Sullivan Theater.
And aside from that, it was likely unconstitutional because bills that raise revenue must originate in the House.
Large mononuclear leukocytes probably originate in the bone-marrow or spleen.
A rumbling sound that did not originate in the thunder caps above jerked Black Hood's attention from the drain.
It is difficult to believe that they originate at less than a hundred miles below the earth's surface.
Not less than the power to originate the great movement that has taken place, is requisite ability to direct it aright.
Our thoughts should originate from sound sense and reasoning, and always be the result of our judgment.
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