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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
2.
(of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary
his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources
3.
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
4.
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
'original' - used as a noun
5.
an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
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an original model on which something is patterned
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