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| Main Entry: |
originate
 [uh-rij-uh-neyt] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin; spring |
| Synonyms: | arise, be born, birth, come, come from, come into existence, commence, dawn, derive, emanate, emerge, flow, hail from, issue, proceed, result, rise, start, stem |
| Antonyms: | end, finish, terminate |
| Main Entry: | arise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into being; proceed |
| Synonyms: | appear, begin, come to light, commence, crop up, derive, emanate, emerge, ensue, flow, follow, happen, head, issue, occur, originate, result, rise, set in, spring, start, stem |
| Main Entry: | begin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start |
| Synonyms: | activate, actualize, break ground, break the ice, bring about, bring to pass, cause, commence, create, do, drive, effect, embark on, enter on, enter upon, establish, eventuate, found, generate, get going, give birth to, give impulse, go ahead, go into, impel, inaugurate, induce, initiate, instigate, institute, introduce, launch, lay foundation for, lead, make, make active, motivate, mount, occasion, open, originate, plunge into, prepare, produce, set about, set in motion, set up, trigger, undertake |
| Antonyms: | complete, conclude, consummate, end, finish |
Example Sentences
- To that end, preliminary results hint that they might originate from stem cells in the heart, he reports.
- But the new model of heart disease shows that the vast majority of heart attacks do not originate with.
- The video game responds to signals that originate in the player's neurons rather than a joystick.
| Main Entry: | begin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into being; become functional |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, be born, bud, come forth, come into existence, come out, commence, crop up, dawn, derive from, emanate, emerge, enter, germinate, get going, get show on road, get under way, grow out of, happen, issue forth, kick off, make tick, occur, originate, proceed from, result from, rise, sail, send off, set, spring, sprout, start, stem from, take off |
| Antonyms: | die, end |
| Main Entry: | breed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | generate, bring into being |
| Synonyms: | bear, beget, bring about, bring forth, cause, create, deliver, engender, give birth to, give rise to, hatch, impregnate, induce, make, multiply, originate, procreate, produce, progenerate, propagate, reproduce |
| Antonyms: | not produce |
| Main Entry: | build |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | initiate, found |
| Synonyms: | base, begin, constitute, establish, formulate, inaugurate, institute, originate, set up, start |
| Notes: | billed is having a beak or having been presented a statement of costs or charges, while build is to construct |
| Antonyms: | destroy, overthrow, overturn, ruin |
| Main Entry: | cause |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring into being; bring about |
| Synonyms: | be at the bottom of, begin, brainstorm*, break in, break the ice, breed, bring to pass, come out with, compel, cook up, create, dream up, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, fire up, generate, get things rolling, give rise to, hatch, incite, induce, introduce, kickoff, kindle, lead to, let, make, make up, motivate, muster, occasion, open, originate, precipitate, produce, provoke, result in, revert, secure, sow the seeds, start the ball rolling, think up, work up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | coin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create, invent |
| Synonyms: | brainstorm*, compose, conceive, contrive, counterfeit, dream up, fabricate, forge, formulate, frame, head trip, make up, make up off the top of one's head, manufacture, mint, mold, originate, spark, spitball, stamp, strike, think up, trump up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | come |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advance, approach |
| Synonyms: | appear, arrive, attain, be accessible, be at disposal, be convenient, be handy, be obtainable, be ready, become, blow in, bob up, breeze in, burst, buzz*, check in, clock in, close in, draw near, drop in, enter, fall by, fall in, flare*, get, get in, happen, hit, hit town, make it, make the scene, materialize, move, move toward, near, occur, originate, pop in, pop up, punch in, punch the clock, reach, ring in, roll in, show, show up, sign in, sky in, spring in, turn out, turn up, wind up at |
| Antonyms: | depart, go, leave, recede, retreat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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