Antonyms for origins


Grammar : Noun
Spell : awr-i-jin, or-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr ɪ dʒɪn, ˈɒr-


Definition of origins

Origin :
  • c.1400, "ancestry, race," from Old French origine "origin, race," and directly from Latin originem (nominative origo) "a rise, commencement, beginning, source; descent, lineage, birth," from stem of oriri "to rise, become visible, appear" (see orchestra).
  • noun cause, basis
  • noun beginning, inception
  • noun family, heritage
Example sentences :
  • It is in the sexual passions we must seek the origins of all social growth.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • These origins are certainly very frivolous and very fabulous.
  • Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
  • The dates of their writing are far apart, their origins are various.
  • Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
  • The origins of the middle story, The Secret Sharer, are quite other.
  • Extract from : « Notes on My Books » by Joseph Conrad
  • But the mere difference of their origins made it wildly improbable.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
  • The origins of painting in China are mingled with the origins of writing.
  • Extract from : « Chinese Painters » by Raphael Petrucci
  • This by no means indicates that purely Indian origins might not be found for it.
  • Extract from : « Chinese Painters » by Raphael Petrucci
  • Even the existing understanding about origins is very far from universal.
  • Extract from : « Evolution in Modern Thought » by Ernst Haeckel
  • The origins of this mode of thought are difficult to trace fully.
  • Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker
  • If it is a question of origins, the origin is always the same, whatever we say about it.
  • Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence

Synonyms for origins

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