noun🔗ShareThe beginning of something."The origin of my love for baking was a special cake my grandmother made for me. "historywordlanguageessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe source of a river, information, goods, etc."The origin of the rumor about the surprise party was Sarah's older brother. "geographyhistoryplaceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect."The origin of the graph shows the starting point (0, 0). "mathnumberfigurepointspaceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle."The origin of the biceps muscle is on the shoulder blade, while the insertion is on the radius bone. "anatomyphysiologybodymedicinepartessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates."The map's origin point was chosen as the school's main entrance. "geographymathpointspaceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(in the plural) Ancestry."The family's origins are from Ireland. "familyhistoryessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading