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| 1. | [ adjective ] preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed | |
| Examples: | "the original inhabitants of the Americas" "the book has its original binding" "restored the house to its original condition" "the original cast" "retracted his original statement" |
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| Related terms: | first | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary | |
| Examples: | "his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources" |
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| Related terms: | primary | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of | |
| Examples: | "a truly original approach" "with original music" "an original mind" |
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| Related terms: | unoriginal fresh newfangled free avant-garde germinal innovative groundbreaking underivative first primary creative unconventional originality | |
| 4. | [ noun ] an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made | |
| Synonyms: | master master_copy | |
| Related terms: | creation | |
| 5. | [ noun ] an original model on which something is patterned | |
| Synonyms: | pilot archetype | |
| Related terms: | model | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] not derived or copied or translated from something else | |
| Examples: | "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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| Related terms: | underived | |
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originally origin originality originalism originate originator organza organically originative origination organismal organ organelle Oregonian origen Oregon organs Orsini Oregon_ash organ_loft organdy organic oragami oregano organon origami orogeny Oregon_lily organise organism organdie organize origanum organic_law organist |
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