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- 1. have a specified beginning: "the word originated as a marketing term" Similar
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The meaning of ORIGINATE is to take or have origin : begin. How to use originate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Originate.
Definition of originate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Originate definition: to take its origin or rise; begin; start; arise. See examples of ORIGINATE used in a sentence.
verb. When something originates or when someone originates it, it begins to happen or exist. [formal] This particular plant originated in North Africa. [VERB preposition/adverb] All carbohydrates originate from plants. [VERB preposition/adverb] I suppose no one has any idea who originated the story? [VERB noun] More Synonyms of originate.
ORIGINATE definition: to come from a particular place or person, or to begin during a particular period: . Learn more.
Originate Definition. To bring into being; esp., to create (something original); invent. To come into being; begin; start. To cause to be, to bring into existence; to produce, initiate. [from 17th c.] (intransitive) To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with). [from 18th c.]
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