originating
- 1Present participle and gerund of originate.
The complaint, originating from a single customer, soon spread across social media.
Flights originating in Europe faced long delays after the storm.
Note
The -ing form carries both halves of the verb. With an object it means bringing something into being (credited with originating the idea). Without one it means springing from somewhere, and then it usually follows a noun as a shortened relative clause: goods originating in Asia, a rumor originating from one source. That intransitive use takes from, in or with; the transitive use takes a direct object instead.
She is widely credited with originating the idea of a shared workspace.
The committee is originating a new policy on remote work.
originating is a form of originate
originate, verb: To come into existence or have a beginning; to spring or be derived from a particular source. Full entry
- Forms
- originateoriginates he/she/itoriginating -ing formoriginated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- originate → originating: drop the e, add -ing
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