origin — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. The beginning of something.

   Esempi

   place of origin

   trace the origin of something

   Altri esempi (3)

   unknown origin

   The custom has its origin in ancient Greece.

   Scientists are studying the origin of the universe.

2. The source of a river, information, goods, etc.

   Sinonimi

   source

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (2)

   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.

3. The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.

   Sinonimi

   zero vector

4. The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.

5. An arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.

6. Ancestry.

   Uso

   • in-plural

Sostantivo

1. the place where something begins, where it springs into being

   Sinonimi

   beginningrootrootagesource

   Termini più generali

   point

   Esempi

   the Italian beginning of the Renaissance

   Jupiter was the origin of the radiation

   Altri esempi (2)

   Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River

   communism's Russian root

2. properties attributable to your ancestry

   Sinonimi

   descentextraction

   Termini più generali

   ancestrylineagederivationfiliation

   Esempi

   he comes from good origins

3. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

   Sinonimi

   originationinception

   Termini più generali

   beginning

4. the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero

   Termini più generali

   intersection

5. the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived

   Termini più generali

   source

   Esempi

   the rumor had its origin in idle gossip

   vegetable origins

   Altri esempi (2)

   mineral origin

   origin in sensation

6. the hereditary derivation of an individual

   Sinonimi

   lineagelineline of descentdescentbloodlineblood linebloodpedigreeancestryparentagestemmastock

   Termini più generali

   genealogyfamily tree

   Esempi

   his entire lineage has been warriors