origami | (noun) the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds) | - |
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origanum | (noun) any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings | - |
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origin | (noun) properties attributable to your ancestry | Synonyms: descent, extraction |
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(noun) the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero | - |
(noun) an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Synonyms: inception, origination |
(noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock |
(noun) the place where something begins, where it springs into being | Synonyms: beginning, root, rootage, source |
(noun) the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived | - |
original | (adjective) being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of | - |
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(adjective) (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary | - |
(adjective) not derived or copied or translated from something else | - |
(adjective) preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed | - |
(noun) an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made | Synonyms: master, master copy |
(noun) something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies | Synonyms: archetype, pilot |
originalism | (noun) the belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it | - |
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originality | (noun) the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else) | - |
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(noun) the ability to think and act independently | - |
originally | (adverb) in an manner suggesting originality | - |
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(adverb) with reference to the origin or beginning | Synonyms: in the beginning, primitively |
(adverb) before now | Synonyms: earlier, in the beginning, in the first place, to begin with |
originate | (verb) bring into being | Synonyms: initiate, start |
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(verb) come into existence; take on form or shape | Synonyms: arise, develop, grow, rise, spring up, uprise |
(verb) begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc. | - |
origination | (noun) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new | Synonyms: creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction |
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(noun) an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Synonyms: inception, origin |
originative | (adjective) having the ability or power to create | Synonyms: creative |
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(adjective) containing seeds of later development | Synonyms: germinal, seminal |
originator | (noun) someone who creates new things | Synonyms: conceiver, mastermind |
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