orig.

American  

abbreviation

1. origin.

2. original.

3. originally.

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orig. British  

abbreviation

1. origin

2. original(ly)

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Example Sentences

The idea of trans planting fecal matter from one person to an other orig inat ed in ancient Chinese me dicine, when a stool slurry called “yellow soup” was used to treat severe food poisoning and diarrhea.

From Scientific American

A wine made from a single variety of grape. orig.

From New York Times

“Dr. Drama, he sued me to cover, was discovered to be true, hence paid him nothing as he orig. requested,” she wrote.

From New York Times

But it was all in code that looked like this: WF + A DdF-Ad orig.

From Literature

If his orig­inal gut reaction were correct then you’d essentially be able to generate nearly infinite energy just by producing positrons.

From Scientific American