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origin
noun
properties attributable to your ancestry
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 6
- Starts with
- O
- Ends with
- N
- Contains
- RIGI
- Scrabble score
- 7
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
ˈɒɹ.ɪ.dʒɪn
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Meaning
Definitions
noun
properties attributable to your ancestry
“he comes from good origins”
noun
the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
noun
an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
noun
the hereditary derivation of an individual
“his entire lineage has been warriors”
noun
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
“the Italian beginning of the Renaissance”
noun
the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived
“the rumor had its origin in idle gossip”
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Example Sentences
he comes from good origins
his entire lineage has been warriors
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
the rumor had its origin in idle gossip
vegetable origins
mineral origin
origin in sensation
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