Dictionary entry details
• ORIGIN (noun)
Meaning:
The place where something begins, where it springs into being
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
origin; source; root; rootage; beginning
Context examples:
the Italian beginning of the Renaissance / Jupiter was the origin of the radiation / Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River / communism's Russian root
Hypernyms ("origin" is a kind of...):
point (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "origin"):
point source (a spatially constricted by concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution))
home (place where something began and flourished)
birthplace; cradle; place of origin; provenance; provenience (where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence)
jumping-off place; point of departure (a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched)
wellhead; wellspring (the source of water for a well)
headwaters (the source of a river)
fountainhead; head; headspring (the source of water from which a stream arises)
spring (a point at which water issues forth)
derivation (the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues))
trail head; trailhead (the beginning of a trail)
Meaning:
Properties attributable to your ancestry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
descent; extraction; origin
Context example:
he comes from good origins
Hypernyms ("origin" is a kind of...):
ancestry; derivation; filiation; lineage (inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "origin"):
full blood (descent from parents both of one pure breed)
Meaning:
An event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
inception; origination; origin
Hypernyms ("origin" is a kind of...):
beginning (the event consisting of the start of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "origin"):
germination (the origin of some development)
cause (events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something)
overture; preliminary; prelude (something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows)
emanation; procession; rise ((theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost)
Meaning:
The point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("origin" is a kind of...):
intersection (a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations)
Meaning:
The descendants of one individual
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
pedigree; lineage; bloodline; blood line; ancestry; line of descent; blood; stemma; parentage; origin; descent; stock; line
Context example:
his entire lineage has been warriors
Hypernyms ("origin" is a kind of...):
family tree; genealogy (successive generations of kin)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "origin"):
side (a family line of descent)
breed (a special lineage)
family; family line; folk; kinfolk; kinsfolk; phratry; sept (people descended from a common ancestor)
