noun🔗ShareThe beginning of something."The origins of the school play can be traced back to a student's creative idea. "historytimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe source of a river, information, goods, etc."The origins of many popular foods can be traced back to ancient civilizations. "geographyhistorylanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect."In math class, we learned that the origins of the x and y axes on a graph meet at the point (0,0). "mathpointnumberChat 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 physical therapy student carefully studied the diagram, pointing out the origins of the biceps muscle on the scapula. "anatomyphysiologymedicinebiologypartstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates."To easily measure the growth of our sunflower, we marked the corner of the garden bed as the origins of our coordinate system. "geographymathpositionpointastronomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(in the plural) Ancestry."Many people are interested in learning about their family's origins to understand their history. "familyhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
