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o·rig·i·nate
 originate
- pronunciation:
rI
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neIt
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
originated, originates, originating |
| definition 1: |
to arise or come into being.
- synonyms:
- arise, begin, commence, develop, emerge, grow, start
- similar words:
- come from, derive, emanate, evolve, form, issue, proceed, rise, spring from, stem
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| definition 2: |
of public transportation, to begin at a specified location.
This bus originates in Boston.- similar words:
- begin, come from, proceed from, start
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| related words: |
come, date, dawn, descend, emerge, open, organize, rise, trace |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to create or give being to.
- synonyms:
- begin, conceive, create, develop, initiate, invent
- antonyms:
- copy
- similar words:
- commence, compose, devise, establish, form, found, generate, hatch, institute, introduce, launch, mother, produce, start
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| related words: |
author, cause, constitute, design, discover, do, impose, initiate, make, occasion, pioneer, spawn |
| derivations: |
origination (n.), originator (n.) |
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