Coffee is among the most consumed beverages worldwide. According to Statista, an average person consumes roughly 42.6 liters of coffee per year.
ORIGINATE
originate, initiate, start
(verb) bring into being; “He initiated a new program”; “Start a foundation”
originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
(verb) 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”
originate
(verb) begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.; “The flight originates in Calcutta”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
originate (third-person singular simple present originates, present participle originating, simple past and past participle originated)
(transitive) To cause to be, to bring into existence; to produce, initiate. [from 17th c.]
(intransitive) To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with). [from 18th c.]
Synonyms
• (to bring into existence): begin, initiate; see also begin
• (to come into existence): spring to life, take shape; see also come into being
Antonyms
• terminate
• end
• destinate (computing)
Source: Wiktionary
O*rig"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Originated; p. pr. & vb. n. Originating.] Etym: [From Origin.]
Definition: To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new. A decomposition of the whole civill and political mass, for the purpose of originating a new civil order. Burke.
O*rig"i*nate, v. i.
Definition: To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act; as, the scheme originated with the governor and council.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
25 December 2024
UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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