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Definition of original in English: originaladjective əˈrɪdʒɪn(ə)lɒˈrɪdʒɪn(ə)ləˈrɪdʒənl 1Present or existing from the beginning; first or earliest. the original owner of the house the plasterwork is probably original Example sentencesExamples - The use of the original languages with English sub-titles was a brilliant and compelling device.
- In fact, the city currently has no way of policing contractors to ensure they do follow their original designs.
- The final design will maintain these original features.
- Langholm Terrace is designed around the original lodge and stables of Buccleugh House, once owned by the Duke of Montague.
- The whole hotel is a combination of original features and modern design.
- Away from the grand pedigree of the original building, the design of the hotel's new tower echoes the shapes and colours of the old one well.
- In North America alone, there are many aboriginal cultures that no longer know a word of their original languages.
- The original path was a series of stepping stones laid in the lawn, which I was able to reuse.
- Only one of the lions, on the eastern arch, is original.
- The original design provided for the restoration of existing courtrooms.
- At Wapping we were able to see the twin tunnels which were the original Brunel designed ones.
- The original language of Algeria was Berber, which has varied dialects throughout the country.
- The old houses that were left as they were in that same area are being put back to their original style in the process.
- The new development has been designed to fit in with the design of the original stone houses.
- She says poor maintenance by the Town Council has destroyed the original design.
- The leather seating in the sunken area is original to the house.
- The original building was designed for only half the number of children on the school's current roll.
- Saved at a young age, he learned Greek so that he could read the New Testament in its original language.
- The original curves are not affected, and this process preserves the original shape.
- I'm looking forward to the Gehry building, though, even though it's been watered down a bit from its original design.
- He reads the press in the original language and blogs it for English speakers.
Synonyms indigenous, native, aboriginal first, earliest, early, initial, primary, primordial, primal, primeval, primitive rare autochthonic, autochthonous first, earliest primary untouched, unedited, uncut 2Created personally by a particular artist, writer, musician, etc.; not a copy. Example sentencesExamples - He also wants to recruit an artistic director and freelance choreographers to create more original works for the company.
- Also playing a major role in the production is Graham Porter, who has designed an original score to be used during production.
- The best way to get this look is to start knitting yourself and create a one-off, original piece, that's just your colour.
- We have more stuff available but at the same time we have actually less original material being produced.
- He gave me about 20 minutes to respond to an emailed copy of the original article.
- The gallery showcases some original European and American paintings dating back to the Baroque era of the 17th century.
- And that Starbucks itself may help break new artists and develop original material.
- Her goal is also to create playful, original art that cannot be commodified.
- On one side of it you have writers building on common archetypes to create original works, and to enrich the genre.
- His second album released with Sony showed his talent as a serious music writer of original works.
- Fortunately his family made some copies of the original manuscript and so we can see now what he really wrote.
- Beth has used photo montage, acrylics, oils and pastels to create truly original works.
- Television is no better for those of us hungry for imaginative fare, and the dearth of original screenplays makes this writer's blood run cold.
- New or original material is sorely lacking, and any non-mainstream artist is ignored.
- Modern classical is a term used as a prop by people who can't create an original melody!
- There is still a market for good original art but with a caution flag on the price point unless it is by a well-known artist.
- People came in on spec, just because they'd heard there was a local band who were actually playing original material.
- Beginning January 20, the Museum will display 14 original oil paintings by Kathy Jakobsen in the Community Gallery.
- There comes a time in your life when you want to replace the posters in your home by original art.
- The multimedia production also included an original score by artist-musician Rodney Graham and rock duo Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth.
Synonyms authentic, genuine, actual, real, true, pukka, bona fide, veritable, not copied, archetypal, prototypical, master informal kosher 3Not dependent on other people's ideas; inventive or novel. a subtle and original thinker Example sentencesExamples - He was a much sought-after consultant, both for his original ideas and his unrivalled contacts in sport.
- Daniel Smith is unquestionably one of the most exciting, original musicians to emerge on to the British blues scene in recent years.
- Also, single word titles are often not unique, and I like inventing original things.
- Erofeyev is an absurdly original writer of the utmost importance.
- The contest is open to all original bands and musicians - whatever the musical style.
- Two original ways of presenting the dial motif have been designed: either plain or set with diamonds.
- But do have a stab at Ulysses, if only to see how linguistically inventive and original Joyce was.
- The married man will probably run out of original gift ideas sooner or later.
- Like everything else at The Big Idea it is completely original and unique to the centre.
- The Labatt People in Action program funds original summer projects designed by students that aid a charity.
- Foremost, he was an original thinker with ideas, and with an ability to formulate new questions in new ways.
- Those are just ideas, each less original than the one before (I lined them up that way).
- Freud certainly had many original ideas; but even the most inventive minds are indebted to their predecessors.
- I don't need or require beautiful and original web page design and execution to this end, either.
- She was a serious artist, a painter of extraordinary and disturbing vision, a talented dancer and also a witty and original writer.
- Who needs to make creative decisions about original ideas when you can mould an endless stream of desperate kids into carbon copies of what went before?
- He is quite an original thinker and really did invent the idea of Mozart as a brat so convincingly that now most people think it's fact.
- He created original sounds from his cymbals and skins using sticks, brushes, and even his hands.
- It keeps to a high standard of interior design with exciting and original items.
- By Goya's time the most interesting and original artists were no longer interested in this particular kind of symbolism or any kind of allegory.
- Either way, Fred Flare is a great place to find original gifts for everyone imaginable.
Synonyms innovative, creative, imaginative, innovatory, innovational, inventive, ingenious new, novel, fresh, refreshing unusual, unconventional, unorthodox, unfamiliar, unprecedented, groundbreaking, disruptive, pioneering, avant-garde, seminal, fertile, unique, individual, individualistic, distinctive
noun əˈrɪdʒɪn(ə)lɒˈrɪdʒɪn(ə)ləˈrɪdʒənl 1The earliest form of something, from which copies may be made. the portrait may be a copy of the original one set of originals and four photocopies Example sentencesExamples - The ‘evidence’ of this appears to be from reports in news items like this one that the copies circulating are not originals…
- That has now changed, as the Times reporter admitted that the memos he used are not originals, but retyped copies.
- The digital world with its zeroes and ones and perfect copies of originals has changed the movie landscape forever, which is why the movie world's priorities have been permanently altered.
- Renaissance scholars based their conception of classical art on statues, particularly Greek ones and Roman copies of Greek originals.
- Accessories and sunglasses with well-known brand names are also available, though, more often than not, they are copies rather than originals.
- Moreover, all of it is as good as new, and every copy identical to the original.
- Material kept in these environments, even if partly protected, is still susceptible to exterior forces, and the replacement of originals with copies is one way of arresting further deterioration.
- He said such evidence could include originals or copies of documents authenticated by the UN fact-finding commission.
- Art historians have concluded that the statue is a late Roman copy of a Greek original.
- Because the Lausos collection may well have continued this tradition, the question inevitably arises as to whether the images displayed in Constantinople were originals or copies.
- The first examples of his new art appeared in 1884, in the form of gorgeously enamelled gold snuffboxes copied from 18th-century originals.
- Patients took home a copy, while the original was kept in the chart and updated at each visit.
- This allowed pirates for the first time to reproduce what was for all intents and purposes an exact copy of an original.
- You are required to carry the vehicle registration document; take a copy and leave the original at home.
- On this page, presumably a copy of the original, sections 23-27 have simply been crossed out.
- Producing very high-quality colour originals and copies is what business requires, but this technology is no longer simply the domain of the specialist or professional.
- He agreed to copy the documents inside, then burn the original papers he had received, which were also copies, not originals.
- However, it is hoped to have another exhibition later in the year and anyone who would like to give photos for this can bring them to Lorrarine Foy who will have them copied and the originals returned immediately.
- The fact of the matter is that, for whatever reason, both the original and the copy of that 1990 letter have gone astray.
- Even if you lose your original, a second copy is safely stored somewhere else.
- But the site is a carbon copy of the original - set up by sophisticated criminal gangs often based in eastern Europe.
- 1.1the original The language in which something was first written.
the study of Russian texts in the original Example sentencesExamples - Is it possible to draw a distinction between translation and the original in the case of this novel?
- Cathal writes in Irish but read the translations in English as well as the original in Irish.
- Al-Biruni studied Indian literature in the original, translating several Sanskrit texts into Arabic.
- Where necessary, I have modified translations to make them more faithful to the original.
- Thus, for the translator, there is a perpetual debt to both the original and the translation.
- Those readers who wish to see just how far MS has pushed back the envelope of English can read the original in all its glory here.
- In Norway not a lot of poetry in English gets translated, so they read in the original.
- We assume a translation is second-hand and only the original can provide definitive clarification.
- He even translated some fragments of Hamlet twice, first as a French piece, then keeping closer to the original.
- The result is a near approximation to the original, and the English version is a treat on its own merit.
- I have never been more amazed by a work in my life. Fagles' translation captures a lot of the feel of the original.
- This would offer the student the full iconic content of the original as well as the French text.
- It is not as if the second part is in brackets as if it is a translation of the original; it is all blended in together.
- In any case, all medievalists know the story, whether in the original or only in translation.
- This was an attempt to give the basic message of Gita to those who find it difficult to understand the original in Sanskrit.
- Alongside a burgeoning market for Greek and Latin texts in the original, translations became popular as well.
- Sevan's translation, while attempting to be faithful to the original, is sensitive to modern usage.
- What, then, should the translator's state of mind be when facing the original?
- The term is of course a mere English translation which may fail to catch the subtlety of the original.
- Translations from the German are sometimes heavy, perhaps reflecting the original.
Synonyms archetype, prototype, source, master, paradigm, model, pattern, standard - 1.2the original of A person or place on which a character or location in a literary work is based.
the house is reputed to be the original of Mansfield Park Example sentencesExamples - Smith later acknowledged that ‘In Villette my mother was the original of Mrs Bretton, several of her expressions are given verbatim’.
- Elizabeth Gaskell was brought up by her aunt in Knutsford, Cheshire (the original of ‘Cranford’ and of ‘Hollingford’ in Wives and Daughters).
- Lots of women claimed to have been the original of Holly Golightly.
- 1.3 A book or recording that has not been previously made available in a different form.
Example sentencesExamples - These books are not originals, so there are no rights issues to deal with, and even if they are sold at a 90% discount there's still room for profit.
- The result is familiar to any reader of pulp fiction or paperback originals.
- Miss Smith has had a novel published as a paperback original.
- As far as ‘pornography’ was concerned, the most obvious targets were the publishers of the paperback originals who had come into being since the end of the war.
- The India Penguin paperback originals and the HarperCollins-Rupa paperbacks are wonderful to behold.
- 1.4 A garment made to order from a design specially prepared for a fashion collection.
the designer has donated one of her amazing originals, a frothy pink evening dress Example sentencesExamples - ‘In fact, they are not replicas at all but originals designed for the local market but with a designer label included because otherwise they would not sell,’ Dr Laurie said.
- Create your own fashion originals by freely draping fabric directly on the dress form.
- Alongside a few hand-chosen vintage pieces, her own designs are an eclectic mix of recycled items and originals.
- The exhibit also displayed many other of Coco Chanel's signature originals such as these Chanel tweed suits and various gowns and jewelry.
- It was a Dior original, according to the label under it.
- Hank didn't really want to look very closely at the stain decorating the front of her designer original.
- They should be honest that they are in fact selling replicas and not hinting that the handbags are originals with deep discounts.
- I did this interview for a U.K. TV Show on Channel 4 a while back and they had this other bloke that would buy stuff like Jordan 1 originals with holes in the soles.
- His latest fashions are often originals from English designer Vivienne Westwood.
- He was decked out in a classic Bond-like suit, a Versace original.
2An eccentric or unusual person. he was one of the true originals Example sentencesExamples - Roy is a true original, a barbarian living in a modern world, and relentlessly smashing everything in his path.
- Jonathan Richman is a songwriter without compare, a true original in a sea of troubadour imitatees.
- Both of them were eccentric originals, portending the radical pluralism that overtook the art world in the next generation.
- Even rock fans have been amazed by The Decemberists' rapid progression from likeable imitators to true originals.
- In today's corporate spoon fed copy cat bands QOTSA stand out as true originals.
- True originals, Cave, Waits and Cohen create worlds of tenderness and torture, and when you put on one of their records, they own you.
- The Germans were true originals, wearing Tyrolean costumes and playing retro jazz on brass instruments.
- New York playwright Will Eno is an original, a maverick wordsmith whose weird, wry dramas gurgle with the grim humour and pain of life.
- But the Gordon's didn't follow anyone else's lead, they were true originals, ahead of their time.
- Simply by being alive, by being brought up in south London and having mixed parentage, he was an original.
- Marlena Shaw is described as a true original and one of the most charismatic and versatile vocalists on the scene today.
- A true original, Juice Aleem grew up in Birmingham, first in the inner city and then out in the suburbs.
- This is not their first Jazz Fest appearance, and will most certainly not be their last, but if you get a chance, come check out a band of true Montreal originals.
- Bjork, rock's only true original, needn't cast worried glances over her shoulder just yet.
- He's a true original, and there aren't many of those around.
- He remains one of the busiest men in the industry, a true original who has always done things his way.
- Ken Whiteley is a true Canadian original, who has had a love affair with music for as long as he can remember.
- Call me selfish, but I wanted to leave my mark on a true original.
- Howard Hughes was one of the true twentieth-century originals - a risk-taker who wanted to own the skies and nearly killed himself trying to do it.
- They were true originals on this late 1983 release, more weird and as depressingly great as ever, with two drummers and Mark E Smith in top form.
Synonyms individualist, individual, eccentric, nonconformist, free spirit, bohemian, rare bird, maverick, oddity Latin rara avis informal character, oddball, odd/queer fish, nut, weirdo, weirdie British informal one-off, odd bod, oner North American informal wacko, wack, screwball, kook US informal wackadoo, wackadoodle informal, dated card, case
Origin Middle English (the earliest use being in the phrase original sin): from Old French, or from Latin originalis, from origin- (see origin). Orient from Late Middle English: Since the Middle Ages the countries of the East have been referred to as the Orient—the first recorded use of the term appears in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The name goes back to Latin oriri ‘to rise’, also the source of original (Late Middle English) and refers to the rising of the sun. The opposite is Occident, a name for the countries of the West which comes from Latin occidere ‘to go down, set’, and refers to the setting of the sun. The English football club Orient (later known as Clapton Orient, and now as Leyton Orient) was founded in 1881. The name was suggested by a player who worked for the Orient shipping line, and was appropriate, as the club is based in the East End of London. Disorient (mid 17th century) was originally ‘to turn from the east’.
Definition of original in US English: originaladjectiveəˈrɪdʒənləˈrijənl 1Present or existing from the beginning; first or earliest. the original owner of the house the plasterwork is probably original Example sentencesExamples - The final design will maintain these original features.
- The use of the original languages with English sub-titles was a brilliant and compelling device.
- He reads the press in the original language and blogs it for English speakers.
- She says poor maintenance by the Town Council has destroyed the original design.
- The original path was a series of stepping stones laid in the lawn, which I was able to reuse.
- The original language of Algeria was Berber, which has varied dialects throughout the country.
- The new development has been designed to fit in with the design of the original stone houses.
- Away from the grand pedigree of the original building, the design of the hotel's new tower echoes the shapes and colours of the old one well.
- Only one of the lions, on the eastern arch, is original.
- In fact, the city currently has no way of policing contractors to ensure they do follow their original designs.
- Saved at a young age, he learned Greek so that he could read the New Testament in its original language.
- At Wapping we were able to see the twin tunnels which were the original Brunel designed ones.
- The original design provided for the restoration of existing courtrooms.
- The leather seating in the sunken area is original to the house.
- The original curves are not affected, and this process preserves the original shape.
- In North America alone, there are many aboriginal cultures that no longer know a word of their original languages.
- The whole hotel is a combination of original features and modern design.
- I'm looking forward to the Gehry building, though, even though it's been watered down a bit from its original design.
- The original building was designed for only half the number of children on the school's current roll.
- Langholm Terrace is designed around the original lodge and stables of Buccleugh House, once owned by the Duke of Montague.
- The old houses that were left as they were in that same area are being put back to their original style in the process.
Synonyms indigenous, native, aboriginal first, earliest 2Created directly and personally by a particular artist; not a copy or imitation. playing original material Example sentencesExamples - Her goal is also to create playful, original art that cannot be commodified.
- New or original material is sorely lacking, and any non-mainstream artist is ignored.
- There comes a time in your life when you want to replace the posters in your home by original art.
- And that Starbucks itself may help break new artists and develop original material.
- On one side of it you have writers building on common archetypes to create original works, and to enrich the genre.
- His second album released with Sony showed his talent as a serious music writer of original works.
- Beth has used photo montage, acrylics, oils and pastels to create truly original works.
- The best way to get this look is to start knitting yourself and create a one-off, original piece, that's just your colour.
- Fortunately his family made some copies of the original manuscript and so we can see now what he really wrote.
- Modern classical is a term used as a prop by people who can't create an original melody!
- Also playing a major role in the production is Graham Porter, who has designed an original score to be used during production.
- Beginning January 20, the Museum will display 14 original oil paintings by Kathy Jakobsen in the Community Gallery.
- We have more stuff available but at the same time we have actually less original material being produced.
- The multimedia production also included an original score by artist-musician Rodney Graham and rock duo Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth.
- He gave me about 20 minutes to respond to an emailed copy of the original article.
- The gallery showcases some original European and American paintings dating back to the Baroque era of the 17th century.
- Television is no better for those of us hungry for imaginative fare, and the dearth of original screenplays makes this writer's blood run cold.
- He also wants to recruit an artistic director and freelance choreographers to create more original works for the company.
- People came in on spec, just because they'd heard there was a local band who were actually playing original material.
- There is still a market for good original art but with a caution flag on the price point unless it is by a well-known artist.
Synonyms authentic, genuine, actual, real, true, pukka, bona fide, veritable, not copied, archetypal, prototypical, master 3Not dependent on other people's ideas; inventive and unusual. a subtle and original thinker Example sentencesExamples - The married man will probably run out of original gift ideas sooner or later.
- The Labatt People in Action program funds original summer projects designed by students that aid a charity.
- I don't need or require beautiful and original web page design and execution to this end, either.
- But do have a stab at Ulysses, if only to see how linguistically inventive and original Joyce was.
- The contest is open to all original bands and musicians - whatever the musical style.
- She was a serious artist, a painter of extraordinary and disturbing vision, a talented dancer and also a witty and original writer.
- Also, single word titles are often not unique, and I like inventing original things.
- He was a much sought-after consultant, both for his original ideas and his unrivalled contacts in sport.
- Like everything else at The Big Idea it is completely original and unique to the centre.
- Those are just ideas, each less original than the one before (I lined them up that way).
- It keeps to a high standard of interior design with exciting and original items.
- Daniel Smith is unquestionably one of the most exciting, original musicians to emerge on to the British blues scene in recent years.
- Erofeyev is an absurdly original writer of the utmost importance.
- Freud certainly had many original ideas; but even the most inventive minds are indebted to their predecessors.
- By Goya's time the most interesting and original artists were no longer interested in this particular kind of symbolism or any kind of allegory.
- Who needs to make creative decisions about original ideas when you can mould an endless stream of desperate kids into carbon copies of what went before?
- He created original sounds from his cymbals and skins using sticks, brushes, and even his hands.
- Foremost, he was an original thinker with ideas, and with an ability to formulate new questions in new ways.
- Either way, Fred Flare is a great place to find original gifts for everyone imaginable.
- Two original ways of presenting the dial motif have been designed: either plain or set with diamonds.
- He is quite an original thinker and really did invent the idea of Mozart as a brat so convincingly that now most people think it's fact.
Synonyms innovative, creative, imaginative, innovatory, innovational, inventive, ingenious
nounəˈrɪdʒənləˈrijənl 1Something 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 Example sentencesExamples - Material kept in these environments, even if partly protected, is still susceptible to exterior forces, and the replacement of originals with copies is one way of arresting further deterioration.
- Patients took home a copy, while the original was kept in the chart and updated at each visit.
- Even if you lose your original, a second copy is safely stored somewhere else.
- Moreover, all of it is as good as new, and every copy identical to the original.
- He said such evidence could include originals or copies of documents authenticated by the UN fact-finding commission.
- He agreed to copy the documents inside, then burn the original papers he had received, which were also copies, not originals.
- You are required to carry the vehicle registration document; take a copy and leave the original at home.
- The fact of the matter is that, for whatever reason, both the original and the copy of that 1990 letter have gone astray.
- Accessories and sunglasses with well-known brand names are also available, though, more often than not, they are copies rather than originals.
- On this page, presumably a copy of the original, sections 23-27 have simply been crossed out.
- The digital world with its zeroes and ones and perfect copies of originals has changed the movie landscape forever, which is why the movie world's priorities have been permanently altered.
- That has now changed, as the Times reporter admitted that the memos he used are not originals, but retyped copies.
- Renaissance scholars based their conception of classical art on statues, particularly Greek ones and Roman copies of Greek originals.
- Because the Lausos collection may well have continued this tradition, the question inevitably arises as to whether the images displayed in Constantinople were originals or copies.
- The first examples of his new art appeared in 1884, in the form of gorgeously enamelled gold snuffboxes copied from 18th-century originals.
- Art historians have concluded that the statue is a late Roman copy of a Greek original.
- This allowed pirates for the first time to reproduce what was for all intents and purposes an exact copy of an original.
- But the site is a carbon copy of the original - set up by sophisticated criminal gangs often based in eastern Europe.
- Producing very high-quality colour originals and copies is what business requires, but this technology is no longer simply the domain of the specialist or professional.
- The ‘evidence’ of this appears to be from reports in news items like this one that the copies circulating are not originals…
- However, it is hoped to have another exhibition later in the year and anyone who would like to give photos for this can bring them to Lorrarine Foy who will have them copied and the originals returned immediately.
- 1.1the original The form or language in which something was first produced or created.
the study of Russian texts in the original Example sentencesExamples - In Norway not a lot of poetry in English gets translated, so they read in the original.
- Alongside a burgeoning market for Greek and Latin texts in the original, translations became popular as well.
- Al-Biruni studied Indian literature in the original, translating several Sanskrit texts into Arabic.
- The term is of course a mere English translation which may fail to catch the subtlety of the original.
- In any case, all medievalists know the story, whether in the original or only in translation.
- We assume a translation is second-hand and only the original can provide definitive clarification.
- Translations from the German are sometimes heavy, perhaps reflecting the original.
- Sevan's translation, while attempting to be faithful to the original, is sensitive to modern usage.
- What, then, should the translator's state of mind be when facing the original?
- I have never been more amazed by a work in my life. Fagles' translation captures a lot of the feel of the original.
- Cathal writes in Irish but read the translations in English as well as the original in Irish.
- Is it possible to draw a distinction between translation and the original in the case of this novel?
- This was an attempt to give the basic message of Gita to those who find it difficult to understand the original in Sanskrit.
- The result is a near approximation to the original, and the English version is a treat on its own merit.
- It is not as if the second part is in brackets as if it is a translation of the original; it is all blended in together.
- He even translated some fragments of Hamlet twice, first as a French piece, then keeping closer to the original.
- Those readers who wish to see just how far MS has pushed back the envelope of English can read the original in all its glory here.
- This would offer the student the full iconic content of the original as well as the French text.
- Thus, for the translator, there is a perpetual debt to both the original and the translation.
- Where necessary, I have modified translations to make them more faithful to the original.
Synonyms archetype, prototype, source, master, paradigm, model, pattern, standard - 1.2the original of 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 Example sentencesExamples - Elizabeth Gaskell was brought up by her aunt in Knutsford, Cheshire (the original of ‘Cranford’ and of ‘Hollingford’ in Wives and Daughters).
- Lots of women claimed to have been the original of Holly Golightly.
- Smith later acknowledged that ‘In Villette my mother was the original of Mrs Bretton, several of her expressions are given verbatim’.
- 1.3 A book or recording that has not been previously made available in a different form.
Example sentencesExamples - As far as ‘pornography’ was concerned, the most obvious targets were the publishers of the paperback originals who had come into being since the end of the war.
- The India Penguin paperback originals and the HarperCollins-Rupa paperbacks are wonderful to behold.
- The result is familiar to any reader of pulp fiction or paperback originals.
- Miss Smith has had a novel published as a paperback original.
- These books are not originals, so there are no rights issues to deal with, and even if they are sold at a 90% discount there's still room for profit.
- 1.4 A garment made to order from a design specially prepared for a fashion collection.
Example sentencesExamples - Create your own fashion originals by freely draping fabric directly on the dress form.
- His latest fashions are often originals from English designer Vivienne Westwood.
- Hank didn't really want to look very closely at the stain decorating the front of her designer original.
- Alongside a few hand-chosen vintage pieces, her own designs are an eclectic mix of recycled items and originals.
- ‘In fact, they are not replicas at all but originals designed for the local market but with a designer label included because otherwise they would not sell,’ Dr Laurie said.
- He was decked out in a classic Bond-like suit, a Versace original.
- They should be honest that they are in fact selling replicas and not hinting that the handbags are originals with deep discounts.
- I did this interview for a U.K. TV Show on Channel 4 a while back and they had this other bloke that would buy stuff like Jordan 1 originals with holes in the soles.
- It was a Dior original, according to the label under it.
- The exhibit also displayed many other of Coco Chanel's signature originals such as these Chanel tweed suits and various gowns and jewelry.
2An eccentric or unusual person. he was one of the true originals Example sentencesExamples - He's a true original, and there aren't many of those around.
- He remains one of the busiest men in the industry, a true original who has always done things his way.
- Simply by being alive, by being brought up in south London and having mixed parentage, he was an original.
- Ken Whiteley is a true Canadian original, who has had a love affair with music for as long as he can remember.
- Even rock fans have been amazed by The Decemberists' rapid progression from likeable imitators to true originals.
- A true original, Juice Aleem grew up in Birmingham, first in the inner city and then out in the suburbs.
- Roy is a true original, a barbarian living in a modern world, and relentlessly smashing everything in his path.
- They were true originals on this late 1983 release, more weird and as depressingly great as ever, with two drummers and Mark E Smith in top form.
- Call me selfish, but I wanted to leave my mark on a true original.
- New York playwright Will Eno is an original, a maverick wordsmith whose weird, wry dramas gurgle with the grim humour and pain of life.
- Both of them were eccentric originals, portending the radical pluralism that overtook the art world in the next generation.
- Bjork, rock's only true original, needn't cast worried glances over her shoulder just yet.
- The Germans were true originals, wearing Tyrolean costumes and playing retro jazz on brass instruments.
- Marlena Shaw is described as a true original and one of the most charismatic and versatile vocalists on the scene today.
- This is not their first Jazz Fest appearance, and will most certainly not be their last, but if you get a chance, come check out a band of true Montreal originals.
- Jonathan Richman is a songwriter without compare, a true original in a sea of troubadour imitatees.
- But the Gordon's didn't follow anyone else's lead, they were true originals, ahead of their time.
- Howard Hughes was one of the true twentieth-century originals - a risk-taker who wanted to own the skies and nearly killed himself trying to do it.
- True originals, Cave, Waits and Cohen create worlds of tenderness and torture, and when you put on one of their records, they own you.
- In today's corporate spoon fed copy cat bands QOTSA stand out as true originals.
Synonyms individualist, individual, eccentric, nonconformist, free spirit, bohemian, rare bird, maverick, oddity
Origin Middle English (the earliest use being in the phrase original sin): from Old French, or from Latin originalis, from origin- (see origin). |