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1. | [ noun ] the place where something begins, where it springs into being | |
Synonyms: | source beginning root rootage | |
Examples: | "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" |
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Related terms: | point home headwaters derivation fountainhead birthplace spring trail_head point_source jumping-off_place wellhead root | |
2. | [ noun ] (genetics) properties attributable to your ancestry | |
Synonyms: | descent extraction | |
Examples: | "he comes from good origins" |
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Related terms: | ancestry full_blood | |
3. | [ noun ] (mathematics) the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero | |
Related terms: | intersection | |
4. | [ noun ] an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | |
Synonyms: | genesis inception origination | |
Related terms: | beginning cause preliminary emanation germination originate originate originate | |
5. | [ noun ] the descendants of one individual | |
Synonyms: | stock ancestry line pedigree lineage blood bloodline descent parentage stemma blood_line line_of_descent | |
Examples: | "his entire lineage has been warriors" |
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Related terms: | genealogy breed family side rear | |
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original originate organ Orsini origen Oregon organs oregano organdy organic Orcinus oragami organon organza origami orogeny organize organism organise organdie origanum organist organizer organiser organised organelle Oregonian organized |