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- [uh-rij-uh-neyt]
- /əˈrɪdʒ əˌneɪt/
- /əˈrɪdʒ.ɪ.neɪ.tər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uh-rij-uh-neyt]
- /əˈrɪdʒ əˌneɪt/
Definitions of originator word
- verb without object originator to take its origin or rise; begin; start; arise: The practice originated during the Middle Ages. 1
- verb without object originator (of a train, bus, or other public conveyance) to begin a scheduled run at a specified place: This train originates at Philadelphia. 1
- verb with object originator to give origin or rise to; initiate; invent: to originate a better method. 1
- noun originator A person who creates or initiates something. 1
- noun originator inventor of sth 1
- countable noun originator The originator of something such as an idea or scheme is the person who first thought of it or began it. 0
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Origin of originator
First appearance:
before 1645 One of the 44% oldest English words
1645-55; probably back formation from origination (< F) < Latin orīginātiō etymology; see origin, -ate1, ion
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Parts of speech for Originator
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originator popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for originator
pronoun originator
- first — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
- number one — oneself, especially one's own well-being or interests: to look out for number one.
noun originator
- inventor — a person who invents, especially one who devises some new process, appliance, machine, or article; one who makes inventions.
- creator — The creator of something is the person who made it or invented it.
- instigator — to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
- designer — A designer is a person whose job is to design things by making drawings of them.
- maker — a person or thing that makes.
Antonyms for originator
noun originator
- copyist — A copyist copies other people's music or paintings or, in the past, made written copies of documents.
- plagiarist — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
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