Origin and Time

Origin

Origin noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.

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Time and origin are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Time" instead a noun "Origin".

Time noun - A particular point at which an event takes place.

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Origin and time are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Origin" instead a noun "Time".

Nearby Words: timed, timely, timing, timeout, timeliness

exact	exact origin	exact time
original	original origin	original time
proper	proper origin	proper time
single	single origin	single time
Other adjectives: actual, real, possible, different, previous.

From time to time, the DCAU would get some of this to bring us up to speed on a character who is introduced without showing their origin.

Source: Explaining Your Power to the Enemy
Even in her second appearance (by which time she knows her origin), she finds stopping time to be so easy that she wonders why ordinary people can't do it.

Source: I Thought Everyone Could Do That
In The Movie, the narrator couldn't say "once again" because this is an origin story, so he says "for the very first time" instead.

Source: So Once Again, the Day Is Saved

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Time and Origin. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/origin/time

Origin & Time. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/origin/time>.

Time or Origin. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/origin/time.

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