ORIGINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does origination mean? 

• ORIGINATION (noun)
  The noun ORIGINATION has 2 senses:

1. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

2. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

  Familiarity information: ORIGINATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORIGINATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

inception; origin; origination

Hypernyms ("origination" is a kind of...):

beginning (the event consisting of the start of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "origination"):

germination (the origin of some development)

cause (events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something)

overture; preliminary; prelude (something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows)

emanation; procession; rise ((theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost)

Derivation:

originate (come into existence; take on form or shape)

originate (begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

creation; foundation; founding; initiation; innovation; instauration; institution; introduction; origination

Context example:

the foundation of a new scientific society

Hypernyms ("origination" is a kind of...):

beginning; commencement; start (the act of starting something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "origination"):

authorship; paternity (the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing)

Derivation:

originate (bring into being)

originate (come into existence; take on form or shape)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes origin recognition complex subunit 1 protein, plays a role in the origination of chromosome replication.

(ORC1L wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The duct system that transports bile from its origination by hepatocytes in the liver to the small intestine.

(Biliary tract, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A coded value specifying a self-declared racial origination, independent of ethnic origination.

(Person Race Code, NCI Thesaurus)

A coded value specifying the self-declared ethnic origination, independent of racial origination.

(Ethnic Group Code, NCI Thesaurus)