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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("original" is a kind of...):
creation (an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone)
Derivation:
original (not derived or copied or translated from something else)
original (being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
Example:
this painting is a copy of the original
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("original" is a kind of...):
example; model (a representative form or pattern)
Derivation:
original (not derived or copied or translated from something else)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not derived or copied or translated from something else
Example:
the translation misses much of the subtlety of the original French
Classified under:
Similar:
underived (not derived; primary or simple)
Derivation:
original (an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made)
original (something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
Example:
retracted his original statement
Classified under:
Similar:
first (preceding all others in time or space or degree)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of
Example:
an original mind
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
avant-garde; daring (radically new or original)
freehand; freehanded (done by hand without mechanical aids or devices)
fresh; new; novel (original and of a kind not seen before)
germinal; originative; seminal (containing seeds of later development)
groundbreaking; innovational; innovative (being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before)
underivative (not derivative or imitative)
Also:
unconventional (not conforming to accepted rules or standards)
creative; originative (having the ability or power to create)
first (preceding all others in time or space or degree)
primary (of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary)
Attribute:
originality (the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else))
Antonym:
unoriginal (not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual)
Derivation:
original (an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made)
originality (the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else))
Sense 4
Meaning:
(of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary
Example:
his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
primary (of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary)
Context examples:
An Ewing sarcoma of the soft tissues which has spread from its original site of growth to another anatomic site.
(Metastatic Extraosseous Ewing Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The secondary tumor contains cells that are like those in the original (primary) tumor
(Metastasis Suppression, NCI Thesaurus)
Wilms tumor arising in the remaining kidney following treatment of the original Wilms tumor.
(Metachronous Wilms Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
Any type of genetic recombination involving rearrangement of segments of DNA within a single chromosome, such that a segment of the chromosome is reversed from the original orientation.
(Chromosomal Inversion Process, NCI Thesaurus)
The original cause may have been an injury or infection.
(Chronic Pain, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Cancer that has spread from the original (primary) tumor to the bone marrow.
(Bone marrow metastasis, NCI Dictionary)
Benign neoplasms remain confined to the original site of growth and only rarely metastasize to other anatomic sites.
(Benign Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
And there isn't an original idea in any of their skulls.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It first arose in an individual dog, but survived beyond the death of the original dog by spreading to new dogs.
(The curious tale of the cancer ‘parasite’ that sailed the seas, University of Cambridge)
Sometimes being uprooted can be positive, for it makes us reexamine our decisions and allows us either to passionately recommit to our original goals or leave them and make new ones.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
