to originate
- verb
- /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt/
- Some contracts that originated as bilateral transactions were placed in central clearing at a later date.
Examples
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Signal originates in Sector 87.
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Flights to Papua New Guinea originate in and return to Australia.
Academic text (1994) -
Your escape will originate from there.
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By definition, individuals trafficked into the United States originate from other nations.
Academic text (2008) -
This train, originating from New York's Grand Central Station, is back in service!
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It originates from Washington, D.C.
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Clearly, loans were no longer originating from the soon-to-be former Soviet Union.
Academic text (1995) -
Referrals to the resource specialist originate from the hospital, office walk-ins, pharmacies, and clinics.
Academic text (2002) -
The call you're about to receive originates from an inmate at the Oklahoma State Reformatory.
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The bus will originate at the main station before heading to the suburbs.
Synonyms
Come from a place, time, or situation
To begin at a certain time or place
Phrasal Verbs
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word originate is also used for journeys and comes from the same Latin oriri 'to rise' and the noun origin ('starting place'). So when a bus or flight originates somewhere, that is where its trip 'begins'.