Original
[ə'rɪdʒɪn(ə)l;ɒ-] or [ə'rɪdʒənl]
Definition
(noun.) something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies; 'this painting is a copy of the original'.
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary; 'his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources' .
Typist: Wesley--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process.
(a.) Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture.
(a.) Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.
(a.) Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter.
(n.) Origin; commencement; source.
(n.) That which precedes all others of its class; archetype; first copy; hence, an original work of art, manuscript, text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy, translation, etc.
(n.) An original thinker or writer; an originator.
(n.) A person of marked eccentricity.
(n.) The natural or wild species from which a domesticated or cultivated variety has been derived; as, the wolf is thought by some to be the original of the dog, the blackthorn the original of the plum.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Primitive, aboriginal, primeval, primary, primordial, pristine, first.[2]. Inventive, creative.
n. [1]. Source, spring, origin, cause.[2]. Archetype, model, pattern, type, prototype, protoplast, exemplar, first copy.[3]. [Colloquial.] Oddity, eccentric person.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Primary, initiatory, primordial, peculiar, pristine, ancient, former, first
ANT:Subsequent, terminal, modern, later, derivative
Editor: Margaret
Examples
- As shown in the original designs, Fig. 116, she is a double ender, whose sides were to be 5 feet thick. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was now reduced and confined to the original purpose of its institution. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- What we call the rolling of thunder is really the reflection and re-reflection of the original thunder from cloud and cliff. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- No one expects the young to make original discoveries of just the same facts and principles as are embodied in the sciences of nature and man. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But the position of the original in the vestry was, as I had seen with my own eyes, anything but secure. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Original genius was peculiarly his attribute. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The Wrights’ system of balance, the great original feature of their invention, is attained by what is called the warping of the wings. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I therefore myself dismissed the contractor and made a new contract with a native, at more than double the original price. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The lawyers have twisted it into such a state of bedevilment that the original merits of the case have long disappeared from the face of the earth. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The skins of the larger animals were the original materials of clothing. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- What original notions you clever men have! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- With the growth of civilization, the gap between the original capacities of the immature and the standards and customs of the elders increases. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It was not my original intention to deceive, as I have deceived you. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In this case, his original impulse is modified. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The telegraph was still under military control, not having been turned over to the original owners, the Southern Telegraph Company. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Several originals! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mr. Weevle reverts from this intelligence to the Galaxy portraits implicated, and seems to know the originals, and to be known of them. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Have you any objection to tell me candidly whether they are really your originals? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- To produce the originals from which these Edison films are made, there have been established two studios, the largest of which is in the Bronx, New York City. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Maybe the originals were handsome when they were new, but they are not now. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was an historical picture, uncle, from several originals. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- We seek the originals of such portraits in real life only. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Checker: Olivier