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Origin

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Definitions for Origin

noun
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
Synonyms
beginning root rootage source
Examples
  1. the Italian beginning of the Renaissance
  2. Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
  3. Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River
  4. communism's Russian root
noun
properties attributable to your ancestry
Synonyms
descent extraction
Examples
  1. he comes from good origins
noun
an event that is a beginning
Synonyms
origination inception
Examples
  1. a first part or stage of subsequent events
noun
the point of intersection of coordinate axes
Examples
  1. where the values of the coordinates are all zero
noun
the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived
Examples
  1. the rumor had its origin in idle gossip
  2. vegetable origins
  3. mineral origin
  4. origin in sensation
noun
the descendants of one individual
Synonyms
lineage line line of descent descent bloodline blood line blood pedigree ancestry parentage stemma stock
Examples
  1. his entire lineage has been warriors

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