originate from

  • 1originate from — index evolve Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2originate from — phr verb Originate from is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑religion …

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  • 3originate — o‧rig‧i‧nate [əˈrɪdʒneɪt] verb 1. [transitive] FINANCE to arrange and supply a loan, especially a mortgage (= loan for buying a house): • Commercial banks originated 42% of all mortgages last year compared with 32% the previous year. • The bank… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 4originate — o|rig|i|nate [əˈrıdʒıneıt] v 1.) [I always + adverb/preposition, not in progressive] formal to come from a particular place or start in a particular situation ▪ How did the plan originate? originate from ▪ A lot of our medicines originate from… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 5originate */*/ — UK [əˈrɪdʒəneɪt] / US [əˈrɪdʒəˌneɪt] verb Word forms originate : present tense I/you/we/they originate he/she/it originates present participle originating past tense originated past participle originated 1) [intransitive] to begin to exist or… …

    English dictionary

  • 6originate — o|rig|i|nate [ ə rıdʒə,neıt ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive to begin to exist or appear for the first time: originate in: The concept of factory outlet shopping originated in America. originate from: Many herbs originate from the Mediterranean.… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 7originate — v. (d; intr.) to originate from; in; with (the idea originated with her) * * * [ə rɪdʒɪneɪt] in with (the idea originated with her) (d; intr.) to originate from …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 8originate — [[t]ərɪ̱ʤɪneɪt[/t]] originates, originating, originated V ERG When something originates or when someone originates it, it begins to happen or exist. [FORMAL] [V prep/adv] The disease originated in Africa... [V prep/adv] All carbohydrates… …

    English dictionary

  • 9originate — [v1] begin; spring arise, be born, birth, come, come from, come into existence, commence, dawn, derive, emanate, emerge, flow, hail from, issue, proceed, result, rise, start, stem; concepts 105,221 Ant. end, finish, terminate originate [v2]… …

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  • 10originate — (v.) 1650s, probably a back formation of origination (1640s), from M.Fr. origination, from L. originationem (nom. originatio), from originem (see ORIGINAL (Cf. original)). In earliest reference it meant to trace the origin of; meaning to bring… …

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