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origin
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of ORIGIN
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a point or place at which something is invented or provided <the origins of human language remain a matter of considerable debate>
Related Words beginning, commencement, dawn, day one, genesis, get-go (also git-go), inception, incipience, incipiency, kickoff, launch, morning, nascence, nascency, onset, outset, start, threshold; baseline, first base, ground zero, square one
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the source from which something grows or develops <the origin of the tradition of giving presents at Christmastime>
Related Words font, fountain, spring, well, wellhead, wellspring; beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, genesis, inception, incipiency, launch, morning, onset, outset, start, threshold; creation, inauguration, origination
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