original

o·rig·i·nal  (-rj-nl)

adj.

1. Preceding all others in time; first.

2.

a. Not derived from something else; fresh and unusual: an original play, not an adaptation.

b. Showing a marked departure from previous practice; new: a truly original approach. See Synonyms at new.

3. Productive of new things or new ideas; inventive: an original mind.

4. Being the source from which a copy, reproduction, or translation is made.

n.

1. A first form from which other forms are made or developed: Later models of the car retained many features of the original.

2.

a. An authentic work of art: bought an original, not a print.

b. Work that has been composed firsthand: kept the original but sent a photocopy to his publisher.

3. A person who is appealingly odd or curious; a character.

4. Archaic The source from which something arises; an originator.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin orginlis, from org, orgin-, source; see origin.]

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original

Adjective

1. first or earliest: the dining room also has attractive original beams

2. fresh and unusual; not copied from or based on something else: the composer's work has created some original and attractive choreography

3. able to think of or carry out new ideas or concepts: he is an excitingly original writer

4. being the first and genuine form of something, from which a copy or translation is made: all French recipes were translated from the original abridged versions

Noun

1. the first and genuine form of something, from which others are copied or translated: the original is in the British Museum

2. a person or thing used as a model in art or literature: she claimed to be the original on whom Lawrence based Lady Chatterley

originality n
originally adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	original - an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made master copy, master creation - an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
	2.	original - something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies; "this painting is a copy of the original" archetype, pilot example, model - a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example"
Adj.	1.	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" first - preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"
	2.	original - (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary; "his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources" primary - of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"
	3.	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" unconventional - not conforming to accepted rules or standards; "her unconventional dress and hair style" creative, originative - having the ability or power to create; "a creative imagination" first - preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training" primary - of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest" unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham
	4.	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" underived - not derived; primary or simple

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original

adjective 1. first, earliest, early, initial, aboriginal, primitive, pristine, primordial, primeval, autochthonous

2. initial, first, starting, opening, primary, inaugural, commencing, introductory << OPPOSITE final

adjective 3. authentic, real, actual, genuine, legitimate, first generation, bona fide, the real McCoy << OPPOSITE copied

adjective 4. new, fresh, novel, different, unusual, unknown, unprecedented, innovative, unfamiliar, unconventional, seminal, ground-breaking, untried, innovatory, newfangled << OPPOSITE unoriginal

adjective 5. creative, inspired, imaginative, artistic, fertile, ingenious, visionary, inventive, resourceful

noun 6. prototype, master, pattern << OPPOSITE copy

noun 7. character, eccentric, case (informal) card (informal) nut (slang) flake (slang), chiefly U.S. anomaly, oddity, oddball (informal) nonconformist, wacko (slang) odd bod (informal) queer fish Brit. (informal) weirdo or weirdie (informal)

Translations

original [əˈrɪdʒɪnl] adj → original (= first); primero (= earlier); primitivo

n → original m

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original [əˈrɪdʒɪnl] adj → original(e) (= earliest); originel(le)

n → original m

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original [əˈrɪdʒɪnl] origin adj (= first) → ursprünglich (= genuine); original (= imaginative); originell

n → Original nt

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original [əˈrɪdʒɪnl] adj → originale (= earliest); originario/a

n → originale m