originaladjective
uk/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl/us/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl/original adjective (FIRST MADE)
B1 [ usually before noun ] existing since the beginning, or being the earliest form of something:
B2 [ usually before noun ] An original piece of work, such as a painting, etc. is produced by the artist and not a copy:
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- We agreed to look afresh at her original proposal.
- This is a daring new film by one of our most original modern directors.
- My original statement has been completely distorted by the media.
- Researchers tried many times to replicate the original experiment.
- I'd like to steer our discussion back to our original topic.
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First and firstly
- at first idiom
- begin
- debut
- first come, first served idiom
- firstly
- for starters idiom
- from the word go idiom
- in the first/second place idiom
- inaugural
- initial
- initially
- introduction
- place
- prefatory
- primary
- proto-
- starter
- to begin with idiom
- ur-
- word
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original adjective (DIFFERENT)
B1 approving not the same as anything or anyone else and therefore special and interesting:
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New
- a breath of fresh air idiom
- afresh
- brand new
- brave new
- break the mould idiom
- breath
- injection
- innovation
- innovative
- latest
- latter-day
- mint
- minute 1
- neo-
- novel
- novelty
- originality
- pristine
- revolutionary
- the avant-garde
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originalnoun [ C ]
uk/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl/us/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl/B2 the first one made and not a copy:
B2 a piece of work by a famous artist or designer and not a copy by someone else:
If you read something in the original, you read it in the language in which it was first written.
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- This painting is only a copy - the original hangs in the Louvre.
- This watch may be a counterfeit, but it looks just like the original.
- The new version is worse in every respect - I much preferred the original.
- The new version of the program comes with a much better user interface than the original.
- It's an original, not one of those imitation jobs.
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Samples and examples
- advertisement
- aliquot
- archetype
- benchmark
- classic
- classical
- core
- cross-section
- for instance idiom
- forerunner
- illustration
- instance
- job
- role model
- sample
- showpiece
- sort
- swatch
- taste
- taster
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