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original

English

  1. 🔊 not derived or copied or translated from something else
    “the play is original; not an adaptation”
  2. 🔊 preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
    “the original inhabitants of the Americas”
  3. 🔊 being or productive of something fresh and unusual
    “a truly original approach”
  4. 🔊 (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary
    “his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources”
  5. 🔊 something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
    “this painting is a copy of the original”
  6. 🔊 an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

Spanish

  1. 🔊 original original
  2. 🔊 originario original, originating
  3. 🔊 primitivo original, initial, basic

Similar words

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