originate
/əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪt/verb4 syllables
Originate means: come into existence; take on form or shape.
Synonyms for originate12
What does originate mean?3
verb
1
come into existence; take on form or shape“A new religious movement originated in that country”
2
bring into being“He initiated a new program”
3
begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.“The flight originates in Calcutta”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Originate in a sentence
- The agonies of the machine age do not originate from the machines as such.helloroto
- A powerful flame originates in a tiny spark.carlosalberto
- We must find out where this fire originates.abburns
- This theory originated with a twenty-eight-year-old physicist.orcrist
- The quarrel originated in rivalry between the two countries.unknown
- The guava tree belongs to the myrtle family and originated in tropical regions.rul
- She originated a new way of playing jazz on the shamisen.CK
- It's not always clear where an idea originated.shekitten
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Forms of originate
as a verb
- past tense
- originated
- present participle
- originating
- third-person singular
- originates
- past participle
- originated