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- DictionaryDef·i·ni·tion/ˌdefəˈniSHən/
noun
- 1. a statement of the exact meaning of a word, especially in a dictionary: "a dictionary definition of the verb"
- 2. the degree of distinctness in outline of an object, image, or sound, especially of an image in a photograph or on a screen: "the clarity and definition of pictures can be aided by using computer graphics"
origin, source, inception, root mean the point at which something begins its course or existence. origin applies to the things or persons from which something is ultimately derived and often to the causes operating before the thing itself comes into being.
Origin definition: something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead. See examples of ORIGIN used in a sentence.
ORIGIN definition: 1. the beginning or cause of something: 2. used to describe the particular way in which something…. Learn more.
6 meanings: 1. a primary source; derivation 2. the beginning of something; first stage or part 3. ancestry or parentage; birth;.... Click for more definitions.
noun. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events. synonyms: inception, origination. see more. noun. the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived. “the rumor had its origin in idle gossip”. “vegetable origins ”. “mineral origin ”.
noun. origins. A coming into existence or use; beginning. Webster's New World. The point at which something comes into existence or from which it derives or is derived. American Heritage Medicine. Parentage; birth; lineage. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. The fact of originating; rise or derivation.
1. a primary source; derivation. 2. the beginning of something; first stage or part. 3. ( often plural) ancestry or parentage; birth; extraction. 4. (Anatomy) anatomy. a. the end of a muscle, opposite its point of insertion. b. the beginning of a nerve or blood vessel or the site where it first starts to branch out. 5. (Mathematics) maths.
ORIGIN meaning: 1 : the point or place where something begins or is created the source or cause of something; 2 : the place, social situation, or type of family that a person comes from.
the point from which something starts; the cause of something. origin of something the origins of life on earth. The origin of the word remains obscure. in origin Most coughs are viral in origin (= caused by a virus). The word burlesque is Italian in origin. of… origin a letter of doubtful origin.
origin. noun. /ˈɔrədʒən/ , /ˈɑrədʒən/. [countable, uncountable] (also origins [plural]) the point from which something starts; the cause of something the origins of life on earth Most coughs are viral in origin (= caused by a virus). The origin of the word remains obscure.
