Meaning of origin | Babel Free

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1. the State of Origin series (an annual best-of-three rugby league series between New South Wales and Queensland, nicknamed the "Blues" and the "Maroons", respectively)
2. The beginning of something.
3. The point at which the axes of a Cartesian coordinate system intersect. The coordinates of the origin are (0,0) in two dimensions and (0,0,0) in three dimensions.
4. The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
5. the place or point from which anything first comes; the cause. the origin(s) of the English language; the origin of the disagreement. oorsprong, begin أصْل، سَبَب произход origem původ, vznik der Ursprung opståen; oprindelse καταγωγή, προέλευσηorigen päritolu مبداء؛ اصل alkuperä origineמקור मूल podrijetlo eredet asal uppruni origine 起源 기원 kilmė, pradžia, ištaka izcelšanās; izcelsme; sākotne asal; punca oorspronkelijkopphav, kilde, opprinnelsepoczątek, pochodzenie نژاد، اصل origem origine нача...
6. The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.
7. His writing shows originality. oorspronklikheid أصالَه оригиналност originalidade původnost die Originalität originalitet πρωτοτυπίαoriginalidad omapära ابتکار؛ خلاقیت omaperäisyys originalitéמקוריות मौलिकता originalnost, izvornost eredetiség keaslian frumleiki originalità 独創性 독창성 originalumas oriģinalitāte, savdabība sifat original originaliteitoriginalitet oryginalność ابتكار originalidade originalitate самобытность pôvodnosť, originálnosť; originalita izvirnost originalnost originalitet คว...
8. The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.
9. oorspronklik, aanvanklik, eers في الأصْل първоначално originalmente původně ursprünglich originalt αρχικάoriginalmente esialgu در اصل؛ با ابتکار alkuaan à l'origine בַּמָקוֹר मूल रूप से izvorno, originalno eredetileg aslinya upphaflega originalmente 最初は 독창적으로 iš pradžių, originaliai oriģināli; sākotnēji asalnya oorspronkelijkopprinnelig, opphavlig pierwotnie ابتكارانه ډول inicialmente la origine, iniţial; ori­gi­nal первоначально; по происхождению pôvodne prvotno originalno ursprungligen, frå...
10. An arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.
11. to bring or come into being. That style of painting originated in China. ontstaan, begin, voortspruit يَنْشَأ عَن، يَكون أصْلُه مِن، يَنْبُع من произхождам originar-se zrodit (se) entstehen opstå προέρχομαι, πρωτοξεκινώ originar, crear, dar lugar a pärit olema سرچشمه گرفتن syntyä donner naissance à, prendre naissance לְהַתחִיל आरंभ होना या करना potjecati származik berasal eiga upptök í/að dare origine; avere origine 始める 시작되다 atsirasti, kilti, duoti pradžią radīt, veidot; rasties, veidoties as...
12. Ancestry.
    in-plural
13. a person's place of birth, family background etc. He tried to hide his origins. herkoms, afkoms أُصول прозиход origens původ die Herkunft herkomst καταγωγή orígenes juured اصلیت juuret origines מְקוֹרוֹת उत्पत्ति podrijetlo származás asal-usul ætterni, rætur origini 素姓 태생, 출생지 kilmė izcelšanās asal-usul herkomstopphav, herkomstpochodzenie اصليت origens origini происхождение pôvod izvor poreklo ursprung, härkomst จุดกำเนิด köken 原籍 походження اصليت lai lịch 原籍
    etc
14. origen, principio.
15. The point at which something comes into existence or from which it derives or is derived.
16. often origins Ancestry: "We cannot escape our origins, however hard we try" (James Baldwin).
17. The fact of originating; rise or derivation: The rumor had its origin in an impulsive remark.

Equivalents

Examples

“place of origin”

“trace the origin of something”

“unknown origin”

“The custom has its origin in ancient Greece.”

“Scientists are studying the origin of the universe.”

“It is clear that the origin of the truth would be an admirable criterion of this sort, if only the various origins could be discriminated from one another from this point of view, and the history of dogmatic opinion shows that origin has always been a favorite test. Origin in immediate intuition; origin in pontifical authority; origin in supernatural revelation, as by vision, hearing, or unaccountable impression; origin in direct possession by a higher spirit, expressing itself in prophecy and warning; origin in automatic utterance generally,—these origins have been stock warrants for the truth of one opinion after another which we find represented in religious history.”

“Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.”

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