ALL meanings of original
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O o - adjective original belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding. 1
- adjective original new; fresh; inventive; novel: an original way of advertising. 1
- adjective original arising or proceeding independently of anything else: an original view of history. 1
- adjective original capable of or given to thinking or acting in an independent, creative, or individual manner: an original thinker. 1
- adjective original created, undertaken, or presented for the first time: to give the original performance of a string quartet. 1
- adjective original being something from which a copy, a translation, or the like is made: The original document is in Washington. 1
- noun original a primary form or type from which varieties are derived. 1
- noun original an original work, writing, or the like, as opposed to any copy or imitation: The original of this is in the British Museum. 1
- noun original the person or thing represented by a picture, description, etc.: The original is said to have been the painter's own house. 1
- noun original a person whose ways of thinking or acting are original: In a field of brilliant technicians he is a true original. 1
- noun original Archaic. an eccentric person. 1
- noun original Archaic. a source of being; an author or originator. 1
- noun original source 1
- noun original primary work 1
- noun original object of picture 1
- adjective original new, different 1
- adjective original authentic 1
- adjective original imaginative 1
- noun original Present or existing from the beginning; first or earliest. 1
- adjective original first 1
- abbreviation ORIGINAL own 1
- noun original unique person 1
- noun original a person with an original and creative mind 0
- noun original an eccentric person 0
- noun original an originator 0
- adjective original You use original when referring to something that existed at the beginning of a process or activity, or the characteristics that something had when it began or was made. 0
- countable noun original If something such as a document, a work of art, or a piece of writing is an original, it is not a copy or a later version. 0
- adjective original An original document or work of art is not a copy. 0
- adjective original An original piece of writing or music was written recently and has not been published or performed before. 0
- adjective original If you describe someone or their work as original, you mean that they are very imaginative and have new ideas. 0
- adjective original of or relating to an origin or beginning 0
- adjective original fresh and unusual; novel 0
- adjective original able to think of or carry out new ideas or concepts 0
- adjective original being that from which a copy, translation, etc, is made 0
- noun original the first and genuine form of something, from which others are derived 0
- noun original a person or thing used as a model in art or literature 0
- noun original a person whose way of thinking is unusual or creative 0
- noun original an unconventional or strange person 0
- noun original the first form or occurrence of something 0
- noun original an archaic word for originator 0
- adjective original having to do with an origin; first; earliest 0
- adjective original never having occurred or existed before; fresh; new; novel 0
- adjective original capable of or given to inventing or creating something new, or thinking or acting in an independent, individual, fresh way 0
- adjective original coming from someone as the originator, maker, author, etc. 0
- adjective original being that from which reproductions, copies, etc. have been made 0
- noun original a pristine form or primary type that has given rise to varieties 0
- noun original an original work, as of art or literature, as distinguished from a reproduction, copy, etc. 0
- noun original the person or thing represented in a painting or the like 0