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Adjective
/əˈrijənl/,
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Used or produced at the creation or earliest stage of something,
  1. Used or produced at the creation or earliest stage of something
    • - costumes made from the original designs
    • - the plasterwork is probably original
  2. Present or existing at the beginning of a series or process; first
    • - the original owner of the house
  3. Created directly and personally by a particular artist; not a copy or imitation
    • - original Rembrandts
    • - playing original material
  4. Not dependent on other people's ideas; inventive and unusual
    • - a subtle and original thinker
Noun
  1. Something serving as a model or basis for imitations or copies
    • - the portrait may be a copy of the original
    • - one set of originals and four photocopies
  2. The form or language in which something was first produced or created
    • - the study of Russian texts in the original
  3. A person or place on which a character or location in a literary work is based
    • - the paper where the original of the play's Walter Burns worked
  4. A song, picture, etc., produced by a performer or artist personally
    • - a mix of traditional tunes and originals
  5. A book or recording that has not been previously made available in a different form
    • - paperback originals
  6. A garment made to order from a design specially prepared for a fashion collection

  7. An eccentric or unusual person
    • - he was one of the true originals
  1. 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. master: an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
  3. (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary; "his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources"
  4. something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies; "this painting is a copy of the original"
  5. 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"
  6. (originally) in an original manner
  7. Originality is the aspect of created or invented works by as being new or novel, and thus can be distinguished from reproductions, clones, forgeries, or derivative works. An original work is one not received from others nor one copied based on the work of others. ...
  8. Ella Koon Yun Na is Hong Kong-based Cantopop singer, actress and model. She is French by citizenship.
  9. Original is a film directed by Antonio Tublén and Alexander Brøndsted. It won the Golden Goblet for best film at Shanghai International Film Festival. ...
  10. "Original" is a song by Leftfield, released as the sixth single under that name. The song was released on 12" and CD on 13 March 1995. It featured Toni Halliday on vocals. The song gave the group their first appearance on Top of the Pops and reached #18 in the UK charts. ...
  11. #"Get Ready" #"No War" #"Black So I" #"Tell You The Truth" #"Marcus Garvey" #"Days in Slavery" #"Invasion" #"Live Good" #"Give Me" #"It Is Good" #"Man In The Hills" #"Lion" #"Jordan River" #"Resting Place" #"Red, Gold and Green"
  12. The Original is the debut album of rapper Sarai. Released in 2003 via Sweat/Epic Records. The first single released to radio was "Pack Ya Bags" in 2002. The official single "Ladies" was released in 2003.
  13. An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived; A person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent; An eccentric; First in a series or copies/versions; Newly created; Fresh, different; Pioneering; Having as ...
  14. (ORIGINAL/S) Original art, as created by the artist, for comic strips, printed illustrations, etc. as opposed to prints, newspaper pages, etc.
  15. (originally) is often needlessly inserted into sentences where it conveys no additional information, as here: "The plans were originally drawn up as long ago as 1972" (Observer) (250).
  16. (Originals) Original set of colors when a 1% is first voted in as a full member. Originals must never be laundered or cleaned. Any soil only reflects the many miles of hard road, hard parties and hard fighting it has seen. It shows the true sign of a veteran. ...
  17. (Originals) Refers to the number of pages submitted for printing. A back to back page is counted as two originals
  18. (The Originals) by Gordon Stevens, 2005. ("The secret history of the birth of the SAS in their own words")
  19. Originals are painted utilizing acrylic, oil, airbrush, watercolor paints, or various other kinds of media which are hand-brushed onto the canvas. All limited editions and even posters must start out as an original. ...
  20. A unique piece of artwork that cannot be exactly duplicated, e.g., an oil painting on canvas. While the image may be duplicated as a print, the reproduction is not oil paint on canvas.
  21. Contains only parts originally installed on the car or NOS parts from the manufacturer with no substitute or after-market parts.
  22. Refers to a coin that has not been "doctored", i.e. cleaned or tampered with post the original minting process.
  23. One of a kind. The first, (having served as a pattern), novel in character or style, inventive, creative, not derivative, not imitative, not a copy of another. ...
  24. the number of pages (if a large book), the number of names (if business cards), or the number of camera-ready mechanicals to be reproduced.
  25. Any work considered to be an authentic example of the works of an artist, rather than a reproduction or imitation.