Originate Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

Definition of originate ... : to take or have origin : begin That board game originated in the 1940s. ... : to give rise to : initiate The composer originated 10 ... Login SignUp Hello, Games&Quizzes Thesaurus WordoftheDay Features BuyingGuide M-WBooks JoinMWU MyWordsMyWords ViewRecents Account LogOut originate verb SaveWord orig·​i·​nate |\ə-ˈri-jə-ˌnāt \ originated;originating Definitionoforiginate intransitiveverb :totakeorhaveorigin:begin Thatboardgameoriginatedinthe1940s. transitiveverb :togiveriseto:initiate Thecomposeroriginated10songsfortheBroadwaymusical. OtherWordsfromoriginate Synonyms&Antonyms ChoosetheRightSynonym MoreExampleSentences PhrasesContainingoriginate LearnMoreAboutoriginate OtherWordsfromoriginate origination \ ə-​ˌri-​jə-​ˈnā-​shən \ noun Synonyms&Antonymsfororiginate Synonyms actualize, appear, arise, begin, break, commence, dawn, engender, form, materialize, setin, spring, start Antonyms cease, end, stop VisittheThesaurusforMore  ChoosetheRightSynonymfororiginate spring,arise,rise,originate,derive,flow,issue,emanate,proceed,stemmeantocomeuporoutofsomethingintoexistence.springimpliesrapidorsuddenemerging. anideathatspringstomind ariseandrisemaybothconveythefactofcomingintoexistenceornoticebutriseoftenstressesgradualgrowthorascent. newquestionshavearisen slowlyrosetoprominence originateimpliesadefinitesourceorstartingpoint. thefireoriginatedinthebasement deriveimpliesapriorexistenceinanotherform. theholidayderivesfromanancientRomanfeast flowaddstospringasuggestionofabundanceoreaseofinception. wordsflowedeasilyfromherpen issuesuggestsemergingfromconfinementthroughanoutlet. bloodissuedfromthecut emanateappliestothecomingofsomethingimmaterial(suchasathought)fromasource. reportsemanatingfromthecapital proceedstressesplaceoforigin,derivation,parentage,orlogicalcause. advicethatproceedsfromthebestofintentions stemimpliesoriginatingbydividingorbranchingofffromsomethingasanoutgrowthorsubordinatedevelopment. industriesstemmingfromspaceresearch ExamplesoforiginateinaSentence Thesestoriesoriginatedduringearliertimes. Thebookoriginatedasaseriesoflectures. Thesoundseemedtooriginatefromoutsidetheroom. ThecustomisbelievedtohaveoriginatedinthewesternU.S. Hedidnotoriginatetheidea. Thepolicywasoriginatedbythepreviousadministration. SeeMore RecentExamplesontheWeb Tellusaboutyoursound–wheredoesyourstyleoriginatefromandwhathavebeenyourbiggestvisual,social,andsonicinfluences? — SpinStaff,SPIN,19Apr.2022 WarrantsaresimilartooptionsbutoriginatefromtheSPAC. — AmrithRamkumar,WSJ,8Feb.2022 Andyourscreamingtoddler’stantrumsoriginatefromheramygdala,abrainregionlinkedtoemotions. — IrisBerent,ScientificAmerican,10Dec.2021 ThemajorityoftheprojectsoriginatefromTaiwanandthereareplentyofbignamesattached. — VivienneChow,Variety,28Sep.2021 Althoughhigh-energycosmicraysoriginatefromdistantgalaxies,thethinkingwasthattheircollisionsclosetoEarthcouldrevealsomethingaboutwhatfillsthespacebetweenplanetsinthesolarsystem. — NewYorkTimes,17Mar.2022 That’spartlybecausemanynoveldiseasesoriginateinanimals,andthoughthereisnoconclusiveconsensusontheoriginsofthispandemic,manyscientiststhinkSARS-CoV-2spilledfromanimalsintohumans,too. — MelinaWalling,TheArizonaRepublic,15Feb.2022 Forexample,morethanadozenoftheCW’sshowsoriginatefromWarnerBros.Television,andaboutsixcomefromCBS. — MegJames,LosAngelesTimes,6Jan.2022 Thecultureofthecapitalhasworsenedinrecentyears,withlawyersmovingfromagencytoagencybutmaintainingasinglebelief:AllgoodideasoriginateinWashingtonandtherubesinthehinterlandhavetoberuled,notconsulted. — WSJ,30Nov.2021 SeeMore Theseexamplesentencesareselectedautomaticallyfromvariousonlinenewssourcestoreflectcurrentusageoftheword'originate.'ViewsexpressedintheexamplesdonotrepresenttheopinionofMerriam-Websteroritseditors.Sendusfeedback. PhrasesContainingoriginate originatewith originatewith FirstKnownUseoforiginate 1668,inthemeaningdefinedattransitivesense LearnMoreAboutoriginate Shareoriginate PosttheDefinitionoforiginatetoFacebook SharetheDefinitionoforiginateonTwitter TimeTravelerfororiginate Thefirstknownuseoforiginatewas in1668 Seemorewordsfromthesameyear DictionaryEntriesNearoriginate originary originate originatewith SeeMoreNearbyEntries  Statisticsfororiginate LastUpdated 23Apr2022 Look-upPopularity CitethisEntry “Originate.”Merriam-Webster.comDictionary,Merriam-Webster,https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/originate.Accessed24Apr.2022. Style:MLA MLA Chicago APA Merriam-Webster MoreDefinitionsfororiginate originate verb orig·​i·​nate |\ə-ˈri-jə-ˌnāt \ originated;originating KidsDefinitionoforiginate 1 :tobringintobeing:invent,initiate Ihadlotsoftimetocook…andImustsayIoriginatedsomeexcellentmeals.—JeanCraigheadGeorge,MySideoftheMountain 2 :tocomeintobeing Thecustomoriginatedinancienttimes. OtherWordsfromoriginate originator \ -​ˌnā-​tər \ noun originate verb orig·​i·​nate |\ə-ˈri-jə-ˌnāt \ originated;originating Legal Definitionoforiginate transitiveverb :togiveriseto specifically :toissue(amortgageloan)usuallyforsubsequentsaleinapoolofmortgageloanstoasecondarymarket—compareservice intransitiveverb :totakeorhaveorigin OtherWordsfromoriginate origination \ ə-​ˌri-​jə-​ˈnā-​shən \ noun originator \ ə-​ˈri-​jə-​ˌnā-​tər \ noun MorefromMerriam-Websteronoriginate Nglish:TranslationoforiginateforSpanishSpeakers BritannicaEnglish:TranslationoforiginateforArabicSpeakers WORDOFTHEDAY deem SeeDefinitionsandExamples» GetWordoftheDaydailyemail! TestYourVocabulary NameThatFood Namethesecookies! macarons macaroons Testyourvocabularywithour10-questionquiz! TAKETHEQUIZ Adailychallengeforcrosswordfanatics. TAKETHEQUIZ SubscribetoAmerica'slargestdictionaryandgetthousandsmoredefinitionsandadvancedsearch—adfree! 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