Dictionary definition · original
noun
- an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
- something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies"this painting is a copy of the original"
adjective
- preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed"the original inhabitants of the Americas"
- (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary"his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources"
- being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of"a truly original approach"
- not derived or copied or translated from something else"the play is original, not an adaptation"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).