Origin
['ɒrɪdʒɪn] or ['ɔrɪdʒɪn]
Definition
(noun.) properties attributable to your ancestry; 'he comes from good origins'.
(noun.) the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero.
(noun.) an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events.
(noun.) 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'.
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Definition
(n.) The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.
(n.) That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion.
(n.) The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Source, rise, spring, beginning, commencement, birth, cradle, original, fountain-head, starting-point.[2]. Cause, occasion.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Source, commencement, spring, cause, derivation, rise, beginning
ANT:Termination, conclusion, extinction
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Definition
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.
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Examples
- Astronomers and geologists and those who study physics have been able to tell us something of the origin and history of the earth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I alluded to the coldness of her letters; but the few minutes we had spent together sufficiently explained the origin of this. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The second book begins with an account of different philosophic al views concerning the origin of matter, and a discussion of the earliest dwellings of man. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In order to answer this question, let us recollect what we have already established concerning the origin of government and political society. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- What was the Origin of Masonic Signs? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The doctrine of the origin of our several domestic races from several aboriginal stocks, has been carried to an absurd extreme by some authors. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I may here premise, that I have nothing to do with the origin of the mental powers, any more than I have with that of life itself. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It is no valid objection that science as yet throws no light on the far higher problem of the essence or origin of life. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- You reproach me with my origin,' said Bradley Headstone; 'you cast insinuations at my bringing-up. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The ideas and methods of Murdoch and Lebon soon took definite shape, and coal smoke was piped from its place of origin to distant points of consumption. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Archeologists have deprived the Greeks of this gift, and carried back its origin to remoter ages and localities. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Hence the origin of the representation of burghs in the states-general of all great monarchies in Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Twill therefore be proper, before we leave this subject, to bestow a few reflections on that passion, and shew its origin in human nature. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Many of the cardinals were of French origin, and their habits and associations were rooted deep at Avignon. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Its origin, like the telescope, is hidden in the dim distance of the past, but it is believed to antedate the telescope. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Korea long ago went a step farther and developed a true alphabet from the same Chinese origins. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was, therefore, a different thing in its origins from the nobility of the early Aryans, which was a republican nobility of elders and leading men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Ne vertheless, if you seek the very origins of the sciences, you will inevitably be drawn to the banks of the Nile, and to the valleys of the Tigris and the Euphrates. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- However complicated the origins of currency, its practical effect and the end it has to serve in the community may be stated roughly in simple terms. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Generally speaking, we know best what we know in its origins. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Rich men of all origins were being drawn together into a common interest against the communistic ideas of the poor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Justinian closed and dispersed the schools of Athens (529), whose origins we have described in chap. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But of the origins and quality of Christianity we will tell more fully in a later chapter. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nobody knew anything of the origins of civilization. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Poland was in fact in its origins an outlying part of Christendom and of the Holy Empire; Russia never was anything of the sort. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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