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original
[ uh-rij-uh-nl ]
adjective
- belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning:
The book still has its original binding.
Synonyms: , , ,
an original way of advertising.
- arising or proceeding independently of anything else:
an original view of history.
- capable of or given to thinking or acting in an independent, creative, or individual manner:
an original thinker.
- created, undertaken, or presented for the first time:
to give the original performance of a string quartet.
- being something from which a copy, a translation, or the like is made:
The original document is in Washington.
noun
- a primary form or type from which varieties are derived.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms:
- an original work, writing, or the like, as opposed to any copy or imitation:
The original of this is in the British Museum.
- the person or thing represented by a picture, description, etc.:
The original is said to have been the painter's own house.
- a person whose ways of thinking or acting are original:
In a field of brilliant technicians he is a true original.
- Archaic. an eccentric person.
- Archaic. a source of being; an author or originator.
original
/ əˈɪɪə /
adjective
- of or relating to an origin or beginning
- fresh and unusual; novel
- able to think of or carry out new ideas or concepts
- being that from which a copy, translation, etc, is made
noun
- the first and genuine form of something, from which others are derived
- a person or thing used as a model in art or literature
- a person whose way of thinking is unusual or creative
- an unconventional or strange person
- the first form or occurrence of something
- an archaic word for originator See originator
Other Word Forms
- ԴDzo·i·Բ adjective noun
- ԴDzo·i·Բ·ly adverb
- o·i·Բ adjective
- o·i·Բ·ly adverb
- ܲȴ-·i·Բ adjective
- ܲȴ-·i·Բ·ly adverb
- ܲo·i·Բ adjective
- ܲo·i·Բ·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Some of those who had the original books read to them as young children will now be able to read the new story to their own kids.
However, not enough attention has been paid to modern America’s original manual of hatred, “The Turner Diaries.”
In inland areas, widespread tree-planting programs in the late 1980s and 1990s finally took root, but they focused on planting exotic trees like acacia, which did not restore the original diversity of the natural forests.
The dynamic in the exhibition is redeemed by the live events within it and their play against the archive, which feel earned but also alienated from the original artworks.
“It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” felt like a gentle croon as compared to the frantic desperation of the original, but still felt decisive.
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