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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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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. Jay Myers:

    Many people think that ‘Black Friday’ comes from the idea that it’s a highly profitable day for retailers, one where they’re getting ‘out of the red’ and ‘into the black,’ the term didn’t actually originate from retailers. Philadelphia police officers first used the term ‘Black Friday’ in the 1960s to describe the day after Thanksgiving, when a flurry of tourists came into the city to shop, causing traffic jams and accidents.

  3. Tiffany Stevens:

    The issue is' what is considered of Russian origin ?' it can originate in Russia and is then cut and polished in India. Is it then considered an Indian diamond at that point ?

  4. State John Kerry on Wednesday:

    The United States did not draft or originate this resolution, nor did we put The United States forward, the United States was drafted and … introduced by Egypt … in coordination with the Palestinians and others.

  5. Harriet Martineau:

    Laws and customs may be creative of vice; and should be therefore perpetually under process of observation and correction: but laws and customs cannot be creative of virtue: they may encourage and help to preserve it; but they cannot originate it.


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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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