originate

Verbs

  • (v) come into existence; take on form or shape
    • A new religious movement originated in that country
    • a love that sprang up from friendship
    • the idea for the book grew out of a short story
    • An interesting phenomenon uprose
    arise, spring up, uprise, develop, grow, rise,
  • (v) bring into being
    • He initiated a new program
    • Start a foundation
    initiate, start,
  • (v) begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.
    • The flight originates in Calcutta

Synonyms

arise spring up uprise develop grow rise initiate start

See also

originate in

Words of close approximity

original
originate in