originate in
originate in
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Definition(s):
- (v) come from
Usage(s):
- Alber, 45, does not attribute any grandiose meaning to clothes: the transformation a woman feels when she puts on one of his dresses should originate in her rather than the cloth.
- In the first case, cosmic rays would originate in stars, would be the death wails of matterthe Jeans view.
- Most of the drugs, Basra military officials say, are opiates and cannabis, believed to originate in Afghanistan, that pass through Iran and Iraq for sale in the richer Gulf states.
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/ɪn ˈsɛn di ɛ ri /
/ɪn ˈsɛn di ɛ ri /