ORIGIN

O ·RI ·GIN 3 syllables

B1 · Intermediate 📏 6 letters 🎲 Scrabble 7 ✅ valid word

Useful in everyday and work contexts.

noun
  1. the place where something begins, where it springs into being
  2. properties attributable to your ancestry
  3. an event that is a beginning
  4. the point of intersection of coordinate axes

💬 Examples

  • "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"
  • "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"
  • "he comes from good origins"
  • "a first part or stage of subsequent events"
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