| CARVIEW |
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To bring into being; create or start.
- intransitive verb To come into being; start: synonym: stem.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To give rise or origin to; supply or constitute the beginning or commencement of; initiate; set going; bring to pass; bring into existence; occasion; cause; create, artistically or intellectually; produce; invent.
- To designate or describe as taking (its) beginning; derive; deduce.
- To arise; take (its) rise; find a starting-point or source; begin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.
- intransitive verb To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb bring into being
- verb begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.
- verb come into existence; take on form or shape
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word originate.
Examples
-
And what in the world -- where does the title originate?
-
What inspired your debut album 'Reach For The Sun' and where did the title originate from?
Caught in the Crossfire - Articles info@caughtinthecrossfire.com 2010
-
Slide 9: Underground Railroad Where did the term originate?
-
Slide 9: Underground Railroad Where did the term originate?
-
Strangely, too, he had the sense that the patient, Herod—and from where did such a name originate, or was it chosen as some bleak joke?
The Whisperers John Connolly 2010
-
Strangely, too, he had the sense that the patient, Herod—and from where did such a name originate, or was it chosen as some bleak joke?
The Whisperers John Connolly 2010
-
– Rafiqis is gross, and I believe it to be something to do with the sauces since most gyro cones originate from a handful of vendors.
-
- Mexico Border, released earlier this month, found that 75% of the U.S. crime guns recovered in Mexico originate from the four border states - with roughly 40% originating from Texas alone.
Antonio Villaraigosa: Crime Guns Crossing Borders and Taking Lives Antonio Villaraigosa 2010
-
- Mexico Border, released earlier this month, found that 75% of the U.S. crime guns recovered in Mexico originate from the four border states - with roughly 40% originating from Texas alone.
Antonio Villaraigosa: Crime Guns Crossing Borders and Taking Lives Antonio Villaraigosa 2010
-
NOTE: We apologize for this inconvenience, but due to a high volume of various non-business related and unsolicited messages, emails sent to webhelp. v4@digitalriver.com that did not originate from the Customer Support form will no longer be reviewed by our Customer Support Team.
Hey, Digital River, Try Reading Your Customer Service Email - The Consumerist 2009
Related Words
synonyms (136)
Words with the same meaning
- arise
- author
- be born
- bear
- become
- beget
- begin
- birth
- break ground
- break out
- break the ice
- breed
- bring about
- bring forth
- bring into being
- bring to effect
- bring to pass
- burst forth
- call into being
- cause
- coin
- come
- come forth
- come from
- come out
- come to be
- commence
- compose
- conceit
- conceive
- conceptualize
- concoct
- contrive
- cook up
- create
- crop up
- derive
- derive from
- design
- develop
- devise
- discover
- do
- dream up
- effect
- effectuate
- emanate
- emerge
- engender
- erupt
- establish
- evolve
- experience imaginatively
- fabricate
- fancy
- fantasize
- father
- fictionalize
- flow
- form
- formulate
- found
- frame
- generate
- gestate
- get to be
- give being to
- give birth to
- give occasion to
- give origin to
- give rise to
- grow
- hatch
- have origin
- head
- head up
- ideate
- imagine
- improvise
- inaugurate
- initiate
- innovate
- institute
- introduce
- invent
- irrupt
- issue
- issue forth
- launch
- lead
- lead off
- lead the way
- make
- make do with
- make up
- mastermind
- mature
- mint
- mold
- occasion
- organize
- parent
- pioneer
- plan
- precede
- proceed
- procreate
- produce
- realize
- result
- revolutionize
- rise
- set afloat
- set on foot
- set up
- shape
- sire
- spawn
- spring
- spring from
- spring up
- stand first
- start
- stem
- stem from
- strike out
- suppose
- take birth
- take rise
- take the initiative
- take the lead
- take the plunge
- think out
- think up
- usher in
- work
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.