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US
/ˈɔɹədʒən/
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[ UK /ˈɒɹɪdʒˌɪn/ ]
[ UK /ˈɒɹɪdʒˌɪn/ ]
NOUN
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the descendants of one individual
his entire lineage has been warriors - the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
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the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived
the rumor had its origin in idle gossip
mineral origin
vegetable origins
origin in sensation -
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
communism's Russian root
Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
the Italian beginning of the Renaissance
Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River -
properties attributable to your ancestry
he comes from good origins - an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
How To Use origin In A Sentence
- The critics call its recipes bland, unhelpful, unoriginal and unhealthy. The Sun
- A few talented writers en dowed with originality and exceptional animation, a few brilliant efforts, isolated, without following, interrupted and recommenced, did not suffice to endow a nation with a solid and imposing basis of literary wealth. Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian
- In this edition, such mistakes are corrected, and the original errata slips are also published.
- The fin's origin is relatively far behind the pelvic fin insertion.
- The Kuiper belt is an icy disk of debris orbiting the sun, beyond Neptune, and is the original home of many comets.
- Another tomb of interest (and of which we will speak in extenso in the next instalment of this series) is the tomb of the Pope Clement II, the only pope to be buried north of the Alps. The statue, sculpted by the same (unknown) sculptor as the Horseman, was originally the slab of the tomb, which remains on the west choir, behind the cathedra: Catholic Bamberg: The Cathedral
- I am from the Jewish origin and I can talk a lot about Jewish trends including a paranoidal fear that 'someone will get us this time.' OpEdNews - Diary: Black Americans Don't Get It
- I'm looking forward to the Gehry building, though, even though it's been watered down a bit from its original design.
- Open, and I was quietly confident that I would have a chance, said Leaney, who was forced to change caddies after his original caddie, Justin Hoyle, fell ill after the first round. USATODAY.com - Leaney's second at U.S. Open earns PGA Tour card
- Inside, Ms. Savage accented the home's 16-foot coved ceilings—original from 1926—and espresso-colored floors with earth-toned couches and classic pieces, using a long wooden bench as a living room coffee table. A Gossip Girl's Main Stage
