origin

«origin» in Mova's school dictionary: where or how it began — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an origin, origins)

meaning for a pupil

1) The origin of something is where or how it began. tree →

2) A person's origins are the country, family or background they come from. tree →

3) (maths) The origin is the point where the x-axis and y-axis meet on a graph, at (0, 0). tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: plot points from the origin (0, 0). In science and history: the origin of life, the origin of a word or river. On food labels: country of origin. Phrases: country of origin, the origin of, of Irish origin, origin of a word.

examples

• The origin of the word "sandwich" is a man's name. tree →
• On a graph, start counting from the origin. tree →
• Point (3, 4) is 3 across and 4 up from the origin. tree →
• The label shows the country of origin. tree →
• Her family's origins are in Scotland. tree →
• Scientists study the origin of the universe. tree →
• The origin of the Vampire is hidden in obscurity. tree →

note

Countable. Adjective: original. In maths: the origin is (0, 0); every coordinate is counted from it — across first, then up.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «origin» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.