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ORIGINATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bring into being

Example:

Start a foundation

Synonyms:

initiate; originate; start

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "originate" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "originate"):

initiate; lead up (set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for)

set (apply or start)

date back; date from; go back (belong to an earlier time)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Also:

originate in (come from)

Derivation:

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

origination (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new)

originative (having the ability or power to create)

originator (someone who creates new things)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Come into existence; take on form or shape

Example:

An interesting phenomenon uprose

Synonyms:

arise; develop; grow; originate; rise; spring up; uprise

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "originate" is one way to...):

become (come into existence)

Verb group:

develop (be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "originate"):

resurge (rise again)

come forth; emerge (happen or occur as a result of something)

come; follow (to be the product or result)

swell; well up (come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things))

head (take its rise)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

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

origination (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new)

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

originative (containing seeds of later development)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.

Example:

The flight originates in Calcutta

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "originate" is one way to...):

begin; start (have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

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

origin (the place where something begins, where it springs into being)

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

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 Context examples: 

The rhythm disturbance originates above the ventricles.

(Atrial Fibrillation, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A progressive, proliferative disease of blood cells, originating from immature lymphoid cells.

(Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A progressive, proliferative disease of blood cells, originating from immature erythroid cells.

(Acute Erythroid Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Liver cancer never originated from these cells.

(Newly discovered cells restore liver damage in mice without cancer risk, NIH)

An electrocardiographic finding of an ectopic impulse originating in the atria and not specifically in the sinus node.

(Atrial Premature Complex by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A clonal (malignant) proliferation of myeloid cells originating from a primitive stem cell.

(Myeloid Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

One possible explanation is that these genes might originate in multidrug-resistant bacteria, so using a particular antibiotic may trigger resistance to other antibiotics, even if they were not used.

(Prolonged antibiotic treatment may alter preterm infants’ microbiome, National Institutes of Health)

A rare neuroectodermal tumor originating from olfactory receptor cells in the nasal cavity or paranasal sinuses.

(Olfactory Neuroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding of an atrial rhythm which originates from the sinoatrial node that is considered normal for the population.

(Normal Sinus Rhythm, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A rare benign neuroectodermal tumor originating from olfactory receptor cells in the nasal cavity.

(Olfactory Neurocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)