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"this painting is a copy of the original"nounsomething that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
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nounan original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
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"a truly original approach" "with original music" "an original mind"adjectivebeing or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of
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"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"adjectivenot derived or copied or translated from something else
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"his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources"adjective(of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary
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"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"adjectivepreceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
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Definition that contains original
- new original and of a kind not seen before
- b originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins
- fresh original and of a kind not seen before
- novel original and of a kind not seen before
- knight originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
- novelty originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel
- novelty originality by virtue of being new and surprising
- zion originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem
- bikers originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s; wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots; had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock'n'roll; were largely unskilled manual laborers
- freshness originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel