originator
pronunciation
How to pronounce originator in British English:
UK [ə'rɪdʒɪneɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce originator in American English:
US [əˈrɪdʒəˌnetɚ]
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- Noun:
- someone who creates new things
Word Origin
- originator (n.)
- 1818, agent noun in Latin form from originate.
Example
- 1. I am not an originator but a transmitter .
- 2. He is originator of free software as an organized thing .
- 3. Often the originator of the business does not have the expertise to enter new countries quickly , so copycats can get there first .
- 4. To encourage people to take his ideas seriously , aubrey de grey , the originator of the strategies for engineered negligible senescence , has organised a competition .
- 5. If the lhc does find the higgs , which the latest results suggest it might , its media-shy originator will certainly be summoned to the nobel ceremony in stockholm .