Definitions of originate [əˈrɪdʒ əˌneɪt]

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Definition of 'originate'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) originate
to take or have origin; arise.

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

3. (v.t.) originate
to give origin or rise to; initiate.

Etymology: (1645–55)

Definition of 'originate'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
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"

2. (verb) originate, initiate, start
bring into being
"He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"

3. (verb) originate
begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.
"The flight originates in Calcutta"

Definition of 'originate'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) originate
to first happen or exist
The story originated in the Middle East

2. originate
to cause to begin or exist
Who originated that term?

Translation of 'originate'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to bring or come into being That style of painting originated in China.
Afrikaans: ontstaan, begin, voortspr	Arabic: يَنْشَأ عَن، يَكون أصْلُه	Bulgarian: произхождам
Brazilian: originar-se	Czech: zrodit (se)	German: entstehen
Danish: opstå	Greek: προέρχομαι, πρωτοξεκινώ	Spanish: originar, crear, dar luga
Estonian: pärit olema	Farsi: سرچشمه گرفتن	Finnish: syntyä
French: donner naissanceà, prendr	Hebrew: לְהַתחִיל	Hindi: आरंभ होना या करना
Croatian: potjecati	Hungarian: származik	Indonesian: berasal
Icelandic: eiga upptök í/að	Italian: dare origine; avere origi	Japanese: 始める
Korean: 시작되다	Lithuanian: atsirasti, kilti, duoti p	Latvian: radīt, veidot; rasties, v
Malay: asalnya	Dutch: voortbrengen, ontstaan	Norwegian: skape, være opphav til, o
Polish: zrodzić (się), brać począ	Persian: سرچشمه گرفتن	Pashto: سرچينه نيول
Portuguese: nascer	Romanian: a-şi avea originea; a lua	Russian: давать/брать начало
Slovak: zrodiť sa	Slovenian: izvirati	Serbian: nastati
Swedish: uppstå, uppkomma, härröra	Thai: เริ่มต้นขึ้น	Turkish: ortayaçıkmak
Taiwanese: 發源	Ukrainian: брати початок, походити	Urdu: پيدا ہونا، ظہور پذير ہونا
Vietnamese: bắt nguồn từ	Chinese: 发源
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