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How to pronounce origin in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock
Type of family tree, genealogy
Has types folk, sept, kinsfolk, phratry, family, side, family line, kinfolk
Type Words
Synonyms beginning, root, rootage, source
Type of point
Has types provenance, birthplace, cradle, derivation, fountainhead, head, headspring, headwater, home, jumping-off place, place of origin, point of departure, point source, provenience, wellhead, wellspring, spring, trail head, trailhead
Derivation originate


Jupiter was the origin of the radiation.
Type Words
Synonyms descent, extraction
Type of lineage, filiation, ancestry, derivation
Has types full blood


he comes from good origins.
Type Words
Synonyms inception, origination
Type of beginning
Has types emanation, cause, germination, overture, rise, preliminary, procession, prelude
Derivation originate
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Type of intersection
Type Words
Type of source


the rumor had its origin in idle gossip.
vegetable origins.
mineral origin.
origin in sensation.

Examples of origin

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Origin bands often appreciate tribute acts for shining new light on their music.
From the sacbee.com
They don't screen or vet anything in terms of origin, ownership, copyright, etc.
From the post-gazette.com
Gas accretion as the origin of chemical abundance gradients in distant galaxies.
From the sciencedaily.com
Yet we still know surprisingly little about the origin of multicellular animals.
From the newscientist.com
Whatever the origin, Buffett shrinks from personal confrontation and always has.
From the newsweek.com
So, the origin of individual cosmic rays detected on Earth cannot be determined.
From the sciencedaily.com
Origin, I'm not sure at this moment, but I'd like to think I could be available.
From the dailyadvertiser.com.au
The Robert Koch Insitute has made a statement that we may never know the origin.
From the independent.co.uk
The film chornicles the origin of punk rock and its cultural and musical impact.
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More examples
  • Beginning: the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "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"
  • Properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"
  • An event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
  • The point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
  • 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"
  • Lineage: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
  • The anatomical origin is a concept used when describing muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, and blood and lymph vessels. ...
  • "Origin" is episode 18 of season 5 in the television show Angel.
  • Origin is an American death metal band from Topeka, Kansas, founded in 1998. They have been recognized by music critics and metal fans alike for combining a harsh sound with a high level of technical skill.