noun Download 🔗Share The beginning of something. Examples : "The origins of the school play can be traced back to a student's creative idea. " history time Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The source of a river, information, goods, etc. Examples : "The origins of many popular foods can be traced back to ancient civilizations. " geography history language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect. Examples : "In math class, we learned that the origins of the x and y axes on a graph meet at the point (0,0). " math point number Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle. Examples : "The physical therapy student carefully studied the diagram, pointing out the origins of the biceps muscle on the scapula. " anatomy physiology medicine biology part structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates. Examples : "To easily measure the growth of our sunflower, we marked the corner of the garden bed as the origins of our coordinate system. " geography math position point astronomy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (in the plural) Ancestry. Examples : "Many people are interested in learning about their family's origins to understand their history. " family history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
