originate
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.
to give origin or rise to; initiate; invent: to originate a better method.
Origin of originate
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Other words from originate
- o·rig·i·na·ble [uh-rij-uh-nuh-buhl], /əˈrɪdʒ ə nə bəl/, adjective
- o·rig·i·na·tion, noun
- o·rig·i·na·tor, noun
- self-o·rig·i·nat·ed, adjective
- self-o·rig·i·nat·ing, adjective
- self-o·rig·i·na·tion, noun
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How to use originate in a sentence
The majority of the microplastics found were polyester fibers, likely originating from climbers’ equipment and clothes.
Plastics are showing up in the world’s most remote places, including Mount Everest | Carolyn Wilke | November 20, 2020 | Science NewsAs is often the case with pivotal scientific discoveries, CRISPR originated as a result of curiosity-driven research, a fascination with nature’s wonders and an obsessive desire to comprehend them.
With CRISPR, humans can create their own evolutionary future | Adrian Woolfson | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostBack in 2005, the FDA reported that only 15 percent of imported drugs marketed as Canadian actually originated in Canada.
Yunhan Zhang, who opened the shop in February, said the attack was at least the second time he or his shop has been targeted since the outbreak of the pandemic, which originated in Wuhan, China.
Police investigating attack on Chinese tea shop owner as hate crime | Peter Hermann | November 11, 2020 | Washington PostOther factors to consider include, where the data originates, how it’s stored and how it’s being used by the brand.
Concrete steps marketers should take now to get ready for CA’s CPRA in 2023 | Greg Sterling | November 11, 2020 | Search Engine Land
The woman—a gem—studied the charges and told me she was going to look at the origination of their purchases.
Woman Finds Mysterious Charges on Her iTunes Bill: A Modern Whodunit! | Nancy Neufeld Callaway | January 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMortgage rates are low and mortgage origination is happening at a brisk clip.
JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, and Homeowners Profit With Help From the Fed | Matthew Zeitlin | October 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe north has almost never been a centre of origination of new ideas and movements.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. TylerAbiogenesis, ab-i-o-jen′es-is, n. the origination of living by not-living matter, spontaneous generation.
The following year saw the origination of the national debt, the exchequer having been drained by the heavy military expenditure.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousRemarkable is the rapidity with which an interest in the question of specific origination has spread.
On the Genesis of Species | St. George MivartAs to plants, M. C. Naudin has given the following instances of the sudden origination of apparently permanent forms.
On the Genesis of Species | St. George Mivart
British Dictionary definitions for originate
/ (əˈrɪdʒɪˌneɪt) /
to come or bring into being
(intr) US and Canadian (of a bus, train, etc) to begin its journey at a specified point
Derived forms of originate
- origination, noun
- originator, noun
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