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Synonyms for originate
əˈrɪdʒ əˌneɪtorig·i·nate

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. originate

    Synonyms:
    commence, spring, rise, start, initiate, invent, create, cause to be made, proceed, emanate

    Antonyms:
    prosecute, conduct, apply

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  1. originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, growverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    turn, start, bristle, mature, rise, get, build up, prepare, stand up, climb up, uprise, maturate, acquire, go up, rebel, surface, lift, arise, spring up, farm, come up, grow, train, evolve, modernize, bob up, resurrect, ascend, initiate, develop, climb, heighten, make grow, break, get up, prove, germinate, move up, turn out, jump, raise, formulate, modernise, rear, produce, mount, rise up, wax, recrudesce, educate, explicate

  2. originate, initiate, startverb

    bring into being

    "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"

    Synonyms:
    start, initiate, rise, get, broach, get going, develop, uprise, commence, get down, take off, induct, bulge, embark on, part, arise, spring up, grow, pop out, go, depart, lead off, set off, startle, start up, bug out, begin, jump, bulge out, set about, pop, start out, set forth, lead up, protrude, come out, take up, pioneer, set out

  3. originateverb

    begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.

    "The flight originates in Calcutta"

    Synonyms:
    spring up, rise, initiate, start, arise, uprise, grow, develop

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. originateverb

    Synonyms:
    create, breed, bring into existence, be the author of, be the cause of, give rise to

  2. originateverb

    Synonyms:
    arise, rise, begin, spring, proceed, emanate, flow, take its rise

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "originate":

    originates, originated, origin, come

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How to use originate in a sentence?

  1. B. F. Skinner:

    Does a poet create, originate, initiate the thing called a poem, or is his behavior merely the product of his genetic and environmental histories?

  2. Jed Mercurio:

    The other thing is, unfortunately, the reality of our situation is that the principal terror threats in the UK do originate from Islamist sympathizers, i do understand that's different from the religion of Islam, but it's the reality of who the perpetrators are of the majority of the offenses. If the show were set in the recent British past, the attackers might be Irish republicans.

  3. I Ching:

    Creativity comes from awakening and directing men's higher natures, which originate in the primal depths of the universe and are appointed by Heaven.

  4. The Speech and Debate Clause:

    One potential hurdle that the committee must consider is a lawmaker citing the Speech and Debate Clause, which states that a sitting member of Congress is protected from certain inquiries and procedures that originate outside of Congress. But members on the panel and legal scholars alike do not see that as an issue.Michael Flynn sues January 6 committee to block phone records subpoena.

  5. Thomas Alva Edison:

    Great ideas originate in the muscles.


Translations for originate

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  • تنشأArabic
  • entstehen, entspringen, erzeugen, entwickelnGerman
  • γεννώ, προέρχομαιGreek
  • originiEsperanto
  • originarse, originarSpanish
  • instituerFrench
  • उत्पन्न करनाHindi
  • ered, megteremt, származikHungarian
  • originareItalian
  • voortkomenDutch
  • возникнуть, порождать, породить, возникать, создавать, произойти, происходить, создатьRussian

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