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origin
noun as in cause, basis
Strongest matches
ancestor, ancestry, connection, element, influence, motive, provenance, root, source
Strong matches
agent, antecedent, author, base, causality, causation, creator, derivation, determinant, egg, embryo, fountain, generator, germ, impulse, inception, inducement, inspiration, mainspring, nucleus, occasion, parent, parentage, principle, producer, progenitor, provenience, roots, seed, spring, stock, well, wellspring
Weak match
noun as in beginning, inception
Strong matches
alpha, commencement, creation, dawn, dawning, embarkation, emergence, entrance, entry, forging, foundation, inauguration, ingress, initiation, introduction, launch, nativity, opener, origination, outbreak, outset, rise, start
Weak matches
blast off, day one, early stage, git go, square one, starting point
Example Sentences
"But our artifacts are older and from a different area on the map, suggesting the alphabet may have an entirely different origin story than we thought."
The success marks a neat conclusion to a messy origin story.
In other news, Musk took a jab at Jeff Bezos — whose Blue Origin rocket company competes against his SpaceX — on X.
Directed by Jon M. Chu, “Wicked” tells the origin story of Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, and Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, before Dorothy arrived in Munchkinland and followed the yellow brick road.
This discovery could also help explain cosmic events like supernova explosions and gravitational waves, since binaries containing one or more of these compact dead stars are thought to be the origin of such phenomena.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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