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origin
/'ɔrɪdʒɪn/
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Definitions of origin
  1. noun
    the descendants of one individual

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    ancestry blood blood line bloodline descent line line of descent lineage parentage pedigree stemma stock
  2. noun
    the place where something begins, where it springs into being
    "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"

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    beginning root rootage source
    type of:
    point
  3. noun
    properties attributable to your ancestry
    "he comes from good origins"

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    descent extraction
  4. noun
    an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

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    inception origination
    type of:
    beginning
  5. noun
    the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
    type of:
    intersection
  6. 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"
    type of:
    source
Examples of origin
  • "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"
  • "he comes from good origins"
  • "the rumor had its origin in idle gossip"
  • "vegetable origins"
  • "mineral origin"
  • "origin in sensation"
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