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ORIGINATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does originate mean? 

ORIGINATE (verb)
  The verb ORIGINATE has 3 senses:

1. come into existence; take on form or shapeplay

2. bring into beingplay

3. begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.play

  Familiarity information: ORIGINATE used as a verb is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORIGINATE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they originate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it originates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: originated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: originated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: originating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Come into existence; take on form or shape

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

arise; develop; grow; originate; rise; spring up; uprise

Context example:

An interesting phenomenon uprose

Hypernyms (to "originate" is one way to...):

become (come into existence)

Verb group:

develop (be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "originate"):

resurge (rise again)

come forth; emerge (happen or occur as a result of something)

come; follow (to be the product or result)

swell; well up (come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things))

head (take its rise)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

origin (an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events)

origination (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new)

origination (an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events)

originative (containing seeds of later development)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Bring into being

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

initiate; originate; start

Context example:

Start a foundation

Hypernyms (to "originate" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "originate"):

initiate; lead up (set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for)

set (apply or start)

date back; date from; go back (belong to an earlier time)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Also:

originate in (come from)

Derivation:

origin (an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events)

origination (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new)

originative (having the ability or power to create)

originator (someone who creates new things)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

The flight originates in Calcutta

Hypernyms (to "originate" is one way to...):

begin; start (have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

origin (an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events)

origin (the place where something begins, where it springs into being)

origination (an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events)


 Context examples 


This ‘super-solar’ abundance is thought to have originated when the planets were being formed, and large amounts of ice, rocks and other particles were brought into the planet in a process called accretion.

(Water common – yet scarce – in exoplanets, University of Cambridge)

A breast carcinoma characterized by the presence of multiple cancerous tumors that originate from different clones and are usually located in different quadrants of the breast.

(Multicentric Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

"Presumably, ossified particles originate during the processes of bone marrow blood vessel ossification and are capable of entering into the peripheral circulation," the team writes.

(Bone-Like Particles Found Travelling through Human Bloodstream, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The first event originated in the southern hemisphere, and the second and third events occurred near the equator.

(NASA's OSIRIS-REx Explains Bennu Mystery Particles, NASA)

A breast carcinoma characterized by the presence of multiple cancerous tumors that originate from the same clone and are usually located in the same quadrant of the breast.

(Multifocal Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by marked discomfort sensation originating from a muscle or group of muscles.

(Myalgia, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Painful sensation originating from a muscle or group of muscles.

(Myalgia, NCI Thesaurus)

The X-ray light originates from material very close to the black hole.

(NuSTAR Probes Black Hole Jet Mystery, NASA)

A neoplasm originating from mesothelial cells of the pleura or peritoneum, for which the malignancy status has not been established.

(Mesothelioma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The rhythm disturbance originates in the atria.

(Atrial Flutter, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)



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