1. origination(n = noun.event) inception, origin - an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events; Array
is a kind of beginning
has particulars: germination, cause, overture, preliminary, prelude, emanation, procession, rise
Derived forms verb originate1, verb originate3
2. origination(n = noun.act) creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction - the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"
is a kind of beginning, commencement, start
has particulars: authorship, paternity
Derived forms verb originate2, verb originate1
1. The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production. Keill. [1913 Webster]
"What comes from spirit is a spontaneous origination." [1913 Webster]
2. Mode of production, or bringing into being. [1913 Webster]
"This eruca is propagated by animal parents, to wit, butterflies, after the common origination of all caterpillars." [1913 Webster]
N cause, origin, source, principle, element, occasioner, prime mover, primum mobile, vera causa, author, mainspring, agent, leaven, groundwork, foundation, spring, fountain, well, font, fountainhead, spring head, wellhead, fons et origo, genesis, descent, remote cause, influence, pivot, hinge, turning point, lever, crux, fulcrum, key, proximate cause, causa causans, straw that breaks the camel's back, ground, reason, reason why, why and wherefore, rationale, occasion, derivation, final cause, les dessous des cartes, undercurrents, rudiment, egg, germ, embryo, bud, root, radix radical, etymon, nucleus, seed, stem, stock, stirps, trunk, tap-root, gemmule, radicle, semen, sperm, nest, cradle, nursery, womb, nidus, birthplace, hotbed, causality, causation, origination, production, caused, causal, original, primary, primitive, primordial, aboriginal, protogenal, radical, embryonic, embryotic, in embryo, in ovo, seminal, germinal, at the bottom of, connate, having a common origin, because, behind the scenes, causa latet vis est notissima, felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.