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How to pronounce originate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms initiate, start
Type of make, create
Has types lead up, go back, initiate, set, date back, date from
Derivation origin, origination, originative, originator
Type Words
Synonyms arise, develop, grow, rise, spring up, uprise
Type of become
Has types well up, follow, emerge, head, resurge, come forth, come, swell
Verb group develop
Derivation origin, origination, originative


A new religious movement originated in that country.
Type Words
Type of begin, start
Derivation origin, origination


The flight originates in Calcutta.

Examples of originate

originate
If shoots originate from the rootstock, the resulting fruit is usually inedible.
From the sacbee.com
Let us know if you ever have thought that doesn't originate from a media slogan.
From the forbes.com
In therapy, I try to help Marta recognize her patterns and where they originate.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Literary historicism as a critical movement has been said to originate with him.
From the en.wikipedia.org
And second, most of the idioms don't originate in the King James version at all.
From the guardian.co.uk
Sawyer will originate her evening World News broadcast in China from Nov. 15-17.
From the usatoday.com
CashCall is on pace to originate $9 billion in mortgages this year, Reddam says.
From the businessweek.com
Diverse as Native Americans are, they all seemed to originate from eastern Asia.
From the newscientist.com
Are you able to maintain the strictest credit quality in the loans you originate?
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More examples
  • Come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
  • Bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"
  • Begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.; "The flight originates in Calcutta"
  • To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new; to be the first actor to play (a role); To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act
  • (Originated) The first Gestalt publication was Wertheimer's 1913 study of the phi-phenomenon (see above).
  • (originating) means qualifying under the rules of origin set out in Chapter Four (Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures);
  • A lender is said to originate or make a loan when the loan is disbursed to or on behalf of the borrower.
  • Packets can be transmitted by a router for one of two reasons: 1) the packet was received and is being forwarded or 2) the router itself created the packet for transmission (such as route advertisements). Packets that the router creates for transmission are said to originate at the router.
  • Said of an attachment. The origin of an attachment is the widget from which the attachment was made.