How do you use Originate in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like start or create, plus the exact meaning.
Originate meaning
- To cause (someone or something) to be; to bring (someone or something) into existence; to produce or initiate a person or thing.
- To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with).
Synonyms of Originate
Using Originate
- The main meaning on this page is: To cause (someone or something) to be; to bring (someone or something) into existence; to produce or initiate a person or thing. | To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with).
- Useful related words include: start, originate in, create, make.
- In the example corpus, originate often appears in combinations such as: originate from, originate in, to originate.
Context around Originate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Originate
- In this selection, "originate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cannot, market and ticks stand out and add context to how "originate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include floods which originate in the and appear to originate from the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "originate" sits close to words such as amusement, atletico and bottled, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with originate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
So many positive and negative thoughts originate in your mind. (10 words)
However, Falzon’s artistic journey didn’t originate from colourful pastels and oils. (13 words)
Sometimes, fan narratives originate from team beat writers, or even worse, from teams themselves. (14 words)
Opponents of the dam point out that there are three different kinds of floods on the Yangtze River: floods which originate in the upper reaches, floods which originate in the lower reaches, and floods along the entire length of the river. (41 words)
As president, I will push Congress to revoke permanent normal trade relations until the flow of fentanyl ends,” she said, also noting that the precursor chemicals cartels use to synthesize the drug south of the border often originate from China. (40 words)
It seems Morgan was uniquely suited to finding her way to Thrawn, given her people the Nightsisters originate from Peridea - and she's apparently been receiving visions from surviving Nightsisters who live there. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Opponents of the dam point out that there are three different kinds of floods on the Yangtze River: floods which originate in the upper reaches, floods which originate in the lower reaches, and floods along the entire length of the river.
These standards cannot originate from man, since no man is perfect; the only standards that a ruler uses have to originate from Heaven, since only Heaven is perfect.
Additionally, effective monitoring and enforcement of rules of origin is essential to ensure that products traded within the market originate from within the continent.
Asian longhorned ticks originate from East Asia and were first detected in the United States in New Jersey in 2017.
As president, I will push Congress to revoke permanent normal trade relations until the flow of fentanyl ends,” she said, also noting that the precursor chemicals cartels use to synthesize the drug south of the border often originate from China.
Both events originate at SMU’s Hughes-Trigg Student Center and are open to the public.
Concepts originate in the mind, and it is so with life as it is with sports.
He said: “I originate in the farming community, so although I don’t know a huge amount about land but I do know a little bit.
However, Falzon’s artistic journey didn’t originate from colourful pastels and oils.
However, most originate from a lost shipping container that was stuffed with nearly five million Lego pieces.
IGE is the second most common type of epilepsy, after focal onset epilepsy, where seizures originate from various parts of the brain at once.
It is important for young people to understand that antisemitism’s horrific history did not originate with the Holocaust.
It seems Morgan was uniquely suited to finding her way to Thrawn, given her people the Nightsisters originate from Peridea - and she's apparently been receiving visions from surviving Nightsisters who live there.
Postcards originate from the Postcard Book, an item letting players send their friends Postcards in Poké Daxi on YouTube explains the Postcard Book in more detail.
Roman Imperial coins circulated internationally from Britain to Sri Lanka, making it impossible to assume that any such coins originate from Bulgarian find spots absent documentary proof.
Sergeant Ross Treacy, from West Midlands Police, said: "We have been working alongside residents to try and resolve ongoing issues which originate from the property in Lion Street, including anti-social behaviour.
So many positive and negative thoughts originate in your mind.
Sometimes, fan narratives originate from team beat writers, or even worse, from teams themselves.
Spending and tax measures normally originate in the House before moving to the Senate.
The bulk of the more than 60 documents we know about so far appear to originate from the Central Intelligence Agency’s Operations Center and the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Common combinations with originate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- originate from 100×
- originate in 34×
- to originate 32×
- not originate 16×
- that originate 15×
- which originate 12×
- originate with 8×
- they originate 6×
- can originate 6×
- originate and 5×