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Verb originate has 3 senses
- originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow - come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
--1 is one way to become
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- originate, initiate, start - bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"
--2 is one way to make, create
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- originate - begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.; "The flight originates in Calcutta"
--3 is one way to begin, start
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
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