What does Origin mean?

Definitions for Origin
ˈɔr ɪ dʒɪn, ˈɒr-ori·gin

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. beginning, origin, root, rootage, sourcenoun

    the place where something begins, where it springs into being

    "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"

  2. origin, descent, extractionnoun

    properties attributable to your ancestry

    "he comes from good origins"

  3. origin, origination, inceptionnoun

    an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

  4. originnoun

    the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero

  5. originnoun

    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"

  6. lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stocknoun

    the descendants of one individual

    "his entire lineage has been warriors"

Wiktionary

  1. originnoun

    The beginning of something.

  2. originnoun

    The source of a river, information, goods, etc.

  3. originnoun

    The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect

  4. originnoun

    The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.

  5. originnoun

    an arbitrary point on the earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.

  6. originnoun

    ancestry

  7. Etymology: From origine, from origo, from oriri; see orient.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Origin, Originalnoun

    Etymology: origine, Fr. origo, Lat.

    The sacred historian only treats of the origins of terrestrial animals. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

    Nature which contemns its origin,
    Cannot be border’d certain in itself. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    If any station upon earth be honourable, theirs was; and their posterity therefore have no reason to blush at the memory of such an original. Francis Atterbury.

    Original of beings! pow’r divine!
    Since that I live and that I think, is thine. Matthew Prior.

    These great orbs,
    Primitive founts, and origins of light. Matthew Prior.

    Compare this translation with the original, and the three first stanzas are rendered almost word for word, and not only with the same elegance, but with the same turn of expression. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 229.

    External material things, as the objects of sensation; and the operations of our minds within, as the objects of reflection; are the only originals from whence all our ideas take their beginnings. John Locke.

    They, like the seed from which they sprung, accurst
    Against the gods immortal hatred nurst;
    An impious, arrogant, and cruel brood,
    Expressing their original from blood. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. origin

    Origin is the point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived. It can also refer to the fixed point of reference in mathematical systems or a place where a person comes from.

Wikidata

  1. Origin

    In mathematics, the origin of a Euclidean space is a special point, usually denoted by the letter O, used as a fixed point of reference for the geometry of the surrounding space. In a Cartesian coordinate system, the origin is the point where the axes of the system intersect. In Euclidean geometry, the origin may be chosen freely as any convenient point of reference. The most common coordinate systems are two-dimensional and three-dimensional, composed of two and three perpendicular axes, respectively. The origin divides each of these axes into two halves, a positive and a negative semiaxis. Points can then be located with reference to the origin by giving their numerical coordinates—that is, the positions of their projections along each axis, either in the positive or negative direction. The coordinates of the origin are always all zero, for example in two dimensions and in three. The origin of the complex plane can be referred as the point where real axis and imaginary axis intersect each other. In other words, it is the point representing 0 + 0i.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Origin

    or′i-jin, 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. [Fr. origine—L. origo, originisorīri, to rise.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. origin

    Beginning point of a deployment where unit or non-unit-related cargo or personnel are located.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. origin

    Merchant ships claiming benefit for importation, must obtain and produce certificates of origin, in respect to the goods they claim for. (See PRODUCTION.)

Editors Contribution

  1. origin

    A point or location.

    The origin of football is well known and understood.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 9, 2020  

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Origin' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3297

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Origin' in Nouns Frequency: #966

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Origin in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Origin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Origin in a Sentence

  1. Michael Pupin:

    Truth is beautiful and divine no matter how humble its origin.

  2. Darnell Crosland:

    Why is it showing drugs? where did it come from? What was the origin of this? All we know is that a 23-year-old girl [who went] to the gym every single day doesn't use drugs.

  3. Fire Marshal Doug Wilhelm:

    The area of origin was a Christmas tree, so we're not sure if it's because of electric or a dried up old Christmas Day tree, it is with unbearable sorrow that we share with you this Christmas morning the tragic news that the King family, in a house fire early today, lost their father [ Eric ] and two Richland Elementary School students.

  4. Nora Noffke:

    But if the Martian structures aren’t of biological origin.

  5. The German report:

    The followers of Islamist-terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah striving for the abolition of the Jewish State of Israel are focused on their regions of origin, which is where they commit most of their terrorist acts of violence.

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