originate

o·rig·i·nate

(ə-rĭj′ə-nāt′)

v. o·rig·i·nat·ed, o·rig·i·nat·ing, o·rig·i·nates

v.tr.

To bring into being; create or start: originated the practice of monthly reports.

v.intr.

To come into being; start: an invention that originated in China. See Synonyms at stem¹.

o·rig′i·na′tion n.

o·rig′i·na′tive adj.

o·rig′i·na′tive·ly adv.

o·rig′i·na′tor n.

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originate

(əˈrɪdʒɪˌneɪt)

1. to come or bring into being

2. (intr) US and Canadian (of a bus, train, etc) to begin its journey at a specified point

oˌrigiˈnation n

oˈrigiˌnator n

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o•rig•i•nate

(əˈrɪdʒ əˌneɪt)

v. -nat•ed, -nat•ing. v.i.

1. to take or have origin; arise.

2. (of a public conveyance) to begin a scheduled run at a specified place.

v.t.

3. to give origin or rise to; initiate.

[1645–55]

o•rig`i•na′tion, n.

o•rig′i•na`tor, n.

originate

Past participle: originated
Gerund: originating

Imperative
originate
originate

Present
I originate
you originate
he/she/it originates
we originate
you originate
they originate

Preterite
I originated
you originated
he/she/it originated
we originated
you originated
they originated

Present Continuous
I am originating
you are originating
he/she/it is originating
we are originating
you are originating
they are originating

Present Perfect
I have originated
you have originated
he/she/it has originated
we have originated
you have originated
they have originated

Past Continuous
I was originating
you were originating
he/she/it was originating
we were originating
you were originating
they were originating

Past Perfect
I had originated
you had originated
he/she/it had originated
we had originated
you had originated
they had originated

Future
I will originate
you will originate
he/she/it will originate
we will originate
you will originate
they will originate

Future Perfect
I will have originated
you will have originated
he/she/it will have originated
we will have originated
you will have originated
they will have originated

Future Continuous
I will be originating
you will be originating
he/she/it will be originating
we will be originating
you will be originating
they will be originating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been originating
you have been originating
he/she/it has been originating
we have been originating
you have been originating
they have been originating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been originating
you will have been originating
he/she/it will have been originating
we will have been originating
you will have been originating
they will have been originating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been originating
you had been originating
he/she/it had been originating
we had been originating
you had been originating
they had been originating

Conditional
I would originate
you would originate
he/she/it would originate
we would originate
you would originate
they would originate

Past Conditional
I would have originated
you would have originated
he/she/it would have originated
we would have originated
you would have originated
they would have originated

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb

originate - come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"

develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly";

become - come into existence; "What becomes has duration"

resurge - rise again; "His need for a meal resurged"; "The candidate resurged after leaving politics for several years"

come, follow - to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience"

well up, swell - come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it"

head - take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"

originate - bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"

lead up, initiate - set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for; "Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II"

create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

set - apply or start; "set fire to a building"

originate - begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.; "The flight originates in Calcutta"

begin, start - have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"

originate

verb

1. begin, start, emerge, come, issue, happen, rise, appear, spring, flow, be born, proceed, arise, dawn, stem, derive, commence, emanate, crop up (informal), come into being, come into existence The disease originated in Africa.
begin end, finish, conclude, cease, wind up, terminate

2. invent, produce, create, form, develop, design, launch, set up, introduce, imagine, institute, generate, come up with (informal), pioneer, evolve, devise, initiate, conceive, bring about, formulate, give birth to, contrive, improvise, dream up (informal), inaugurate, think up, set in motion No-one knows who originated this story.

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originate

verb

1. To cause to come into existence:

beget, breed, create, engender, father, hatch, make, parent, procreate, produce, sire, spawn.

2. To bring into existence formally:

3. To bring into currency, use, fashion, or practice:

5. To begin to appear or develop:

6. To have as a source:

arise, come, derive, emanate, flow, issue, proceed, rise, spring, stem, upspring.

7. To have as one's home or place of origin:

Translations

opstå

eredmegteremtszármazik

eiga upptök í/aî

zrodiť sa

originate

[əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt]

B. VI to originate (from or in) → originarse (en), tener su origen (en); (= begin) → empezar (en or con)
where did the fire originate? → ¿dónde se originó el incendio?
these oranges originate from Israel → estas naranjas son de Israel
where do you originate from? → ¿de dónde eres?
with whom did the idea originate? → ¿quién tuvo la idea primero?

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originate

(US: bus, train etc) → ausgehen (in von)

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originate

[əˈrɪdʒɪˌneɪt]

2. vi to originate (from) (gen) → avere origine (da); (suggestion, idea) → derivare (da); (goods) → provenire (da)
to originate (in) (river) → nascere (in) (custom) → avere origine (in)

origin

(ˈoridʒin) noun

the place or point from which anything first comes; the cause. the origin(s) of the English language; the origin of the disagreement.

oˈriginal (əˈri-) adjective

1. existing at the beginning; first. This part of the house is new but the rest is original.

2. (able to produce ideas which are) new, fresh or not thought of before. original ideas; He has a very original mind.

3. (of a painting etc) by the artist etc, from which copies may be made. The original painting is in the museum, but there are hundreds of copies.

noun

1. the earliest version. This is the original – all the others are copies.

2. a model from which a painting etc is made. She is the original of the famous portrait.

oˌrigiˈnality (əridʒiˈnӕ-) noun

His writing shows originality.

oˈriginally adverboriginate (əˈridʒineit) verb

to bring or come into being. That style of painting originated in China.

ˈorigins noun plural

a person's place of birth, family background etc. He tried to hide his origins.

originate

v. originar, engendrar; provenir de.