Meaning

6 senses
  1. The beginning of something.

    place of origin

    trace the origin of something

    Ursprung, Anfang, Entstehung

    нача́лоnačálo, исто́чникistóčnik, происхожде́ниеproisxoždénije

    джерело́džereló, крини́цяkrynýcja, поча́токpočátok

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

    Quelle

    нача́лоnačálo, исто́чникistóčnik, исто́кistók

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

    Ursprung

    нача́ло координа́тnačálo koordinát

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

  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. (in the plural)Ancestry.

    Herkunft

    происхожде́ниеproisxoždénije

    похо́дженняpoxódžennja

    properties attributable to your ancestry

Examples

229 sentences
  1. What is the origin of the universe?

    Яке походження Всесвіту?

    ruКаково происхождение Вселенной?

    deWas ist der Ursprung des Universums?

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  2. I don't know the origin of the rumor.

    Я не знаю, звідки така чутка.

    ruЯ не знаю, откуда такой слух.

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  3. There are many theories about the origin of life.

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  4. He is studying the origin of jazz in America.

    ruОн изучает происхождение джаза в Америке.

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  5. Let me tell you about the origin of this school.

    ruПозвольте мне рассказать вам о возникновении этой школы.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
beginning of something:
Русский
By meaning 3
beginning of something:
source of a river, information, goods, etc.:
point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
beginning of something:
source of a river, information, goods, etc.:
ancestry:

Origin

From Middle English origine, origyne, from Old French origine, orine, ourine, from Latin o

From Middle English origine, origyne, from Old French origine, orine, ourine, from Latin orīgō (“beginning, source, birth, origin”), from orior (“to rise”); see orient. Doublet of origo.

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Forms

plural: origins
Singularorigin
Pluralorigins

regular

Synonyms

20 synonyms
beginning:beginningA2
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms
beginning:endA1
proximal end of a muscle that is not moved by the muscle's action:insertion

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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