ORIGIN as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • properties attributable to your ancestry
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • he comes from good origins
    Hypernyms(s) origin is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  2. Meaning
    • the point of intersection of coordinate axes
    • where the values of the coordinates are all zero
    Hypernyms(s) origin is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • an event that is a beginning
    • a first part or stage of subsequent events
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) origin is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  4. Meaning
    • the descendants of one individual
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • his entire lineage has been warriors
    Hypernyms(s) origin is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  5. Meaning
    • the place where something begins, where it springs into being
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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(s) origin is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)