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Meaning of 'origin' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Origin [ n.]
- The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.
- That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion.
- The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion.

Meaning of 'origin' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . origin [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
Example in sentence:
  • communism's Russian root;
  • Jupiter was the origin of the radiation;
  • Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River;
  • the Italian beginning of the Renaissance
Meaning (2):
- properties attributable to your ancestry
Example in sentence:
  • he comes from good origins
Meaning (3):
- the descendants of one individual
Example in sentence:
  • his entire lineage has been warriors
Meaning (4):
- the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived
Example in sentence:
  • mineral origin;
  • origin in sensation;
  • the rumor had its origin in idle gossip;
  • vegetable origins

Nearby Words:

oricalche orichalceous orichalch oriel oriency orient oriental orientalism orientalist orientality

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