Origin

['ɒrɪdʒɪn] or ['ɔrɪdʒɪn]

Definition

(noun.) properties attributable to your ancestry; 'he comes from good origins'.

(noun.) the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero.

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

(noun.) the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived; 'the rumor had its origin in idle gossip'; 'vegetable origins'; 'mineral origin'; 'origin in sensation'.

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Definition

(n.) The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

(n.) That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion.

(n.) The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Source, rise, spring, beginning, commencement, birth, cradle, original, fountain-head, starting-point.[2]. Cause, occasion.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Source, commencement, spring, cause, derivation, rise, beginning

ANT:Termination, conclusion, extinction

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Definition

n. the rising or first existence of anything: that from which anything first proceeds: (math.) the fixed starting-point: cause: derivation.—adjs. Orig′inable; Orig′inal pertaining to the origin or beginning: first in order or existence: in the author's own words or from the artist's own pencil: not copied: not translated: having the power to originate as thought.—n. origin: first copy: the precise language used by a writer: an untranslated tongue: a person of marked individuality.—ns. Original′ity Orig′inalness quality or state of being original or of originating ideas.—adv. Orig′inally.—v.t. Orig′ināte to give origin to: to bring into existence.—v.i. to have origin: to begin.—n. Originā′tion act of originating or of coming into existence: mode of production.—adj. Orig′inātive having power to originate or bring into existence.—n. Orig′inātor.

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