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1. (adj.) original
belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something.
2. original
arising or proceeding independently; inventive; novel:
an original idea.
3. original
capable of or given to thinking or acting in an independent, creative, or individual manner:
an original thinker.
4. original
created, undertaken, or presented for the first time:
the original performance of a play.
5. original
being that from which a copy, translation, or the like is made.
6. (n.) original
a primary form or type from which varieties are derived.
7. original
an original work, document, or the like, as opposed to a copy or imitation.
8. original
the person or thing represented by a picture, description, etc.
9. original
a person whose ways of thinking or acting are original.
10. original
Archaic. an eccentric person.
11. original
Archaic. a source of being; an author or originator.
Etymology: (1300–50 )
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1. (noun) master, master copy, original
an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
2. (adj) original, archetype, pilot
something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
"this painting is a copy of the original"
3. (adj) original
preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
"the original inhabitants of the Americas"; "the book still has its original binding"; "restored the house to its original condition"; "the original performance of the opera"; "the original cast"; "retracted his original statement"
4. (adj) original
(of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary
"his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources"
5. (adj) original
being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of
"a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind"
6. (adj) original
not derived or copied or translated from something else
"the play is original; not an adaptation"; "he kept the original copy and gave her only a xerox"; "the translation misses much of the subtlety of the original French"
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1. (adjective) original
coming or existing first
original documents, not copies; The original story had a different ending.
2. original
unique and unlike anything else
a highly original design
3. original
(of a piece of art) done by the artist, not copied
The original work was stolen.
4. (noun) original
the first of sth from which copies are made
You have to send the original, they won't accept photocopies.
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Sense: existing at the beginning; first
This part of the house is new but the rest is original.
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 Afrikaans: oorspronklik, aanvanklik, |
 Arabic: أصْلي، أوَّلي |
 Bulgarian: първичен |
 Brazilian: original |
 Czech: původní |
 German: original |
 Danish: oprindelig |
 Greek: αρχικός, πρωταρχικός |
 Spanish: original |
 Estonian: algupärane |
 Farsi: اصلی؛ اولیه |
 Finnish: alkuperäinen |
 French: originel |
 Hebrew: קַדמוֹן |
 Hindi: मूल, आरंभिक |
 Croatian: izvorno |
 Hungarian: eredeti |
 Indonesian: asli |
 Icelandic: upprunalegur |
 Italian: originale |
 Japanese: 最初の |
 Korean: 최초의 |
 Lithuanian: koks buvo iš pradžių, pir |
 Latvian: oriģināls, sākotnējs |
 Malay: asal |
 Dutch: origineel |
 Norwegian: opprinnelig |
 Polish: początkowy, pierwotny |
 Persian: اصلی؛ اولیه |
 Pashto: اصلى |
 Portuguese: original |
 Romanian: original |
 Russian: исконный; первоначальный |
 Slovak: pôvodný |
 Slovenian: prvoten |
 Serbian: originalan |
 Swedish: ursprunglig |
 Thai: ซึ่งเป็นแบบฉบับ |
 Turkish: eski, orjinal |
 Taiwanese: 原始的 |
 Ukrainian: первісний; перший |
 Urdu: اصلي |
 Vietnamese: nguyên bản |
 Chinese: 原始的 |
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