place of origin
collocation in Englishmeaningsofplaceandorigin
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place
noun
uk/pleɪs/us/pleɪs/
an area, town, ...
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origin
noun
uk/ˈɒr.ɪ.dʒɪn/us/ˈɔːr.ə.dʒɪn/
the beginning or cause ...
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(Definition ofplaceandoriginfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofplace of origin
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It is to be noted that the siblings or relatives are taken from theplaceoforiginof the respective factory worker or the spouse.
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The soul is less theplaceoforiginthan the theatre of the affections.
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This is re-ected in debts coming before the borough courts, when we are told theplaceoforiginof the parties.
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Each headword is followed by its part of speech,placeoforigin(where appropriate), subsenses, and illustrative quotations.
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Such traditions typically include "folk" religious beliefs and practices, language, a sense of historical continuity, and common ancestry orplaceoforigin.
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On the contrary we used spectroscopic methods to detect the high energy ions at theirplaceoforigin.
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Do the songs they're part of tend to cluster by genre, period orplaceoforigin?
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Nicknames may also be derived externally as the result of cultural stereotypes; thus, sources may includeplaceoforigin, profession, or physical appearance.
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In a very few cases it may be possible to use the assignment of an alleluia as evidence of itsplaceoforigin.
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Geographical mobility was the main culprit since individuals could be enumerated twice, in theirplaceoforiginand their destination.
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The strains of the schistosomula were described according to theplaceoforigin.
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There were only slight differences based onplaceoforigin.
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Furthermore, it is naive to assume that every refugee from the war has a bright and simple future returning to theirplaceoforigin.
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An example of the primacy ofplaceoforiginis the cognitive map of a camp.
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Initially at least, there are also changed land:labour relationships compared with theplaceoforigin.
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This 10 per cent sample is not exactly the same as the one outlined previously in relation to information on legitimacy andplaceoforigin.
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A person should be judged not by hisplaceoforiginbut by his mental capacity, good manners and sense of altruism.
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One explanation on which these studies agree is that migrants of rural origin bring with them the high fertility and associated attitudes characteristic of theirplaceoforigin.
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