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original

original

2.8
Not a copy and existing as the first form
  • adjective
  • /əˈrɪdʒɪnəl/
translation icon : original
  • In 1962, film director Borge Host discovered that the original version of the film had disappeared.
  • original source
  • original version
  • original meaning

And then, you know, tell your original self, Right.

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Examples

  • Our new containment unit, based on Egon's original design.

  • We found the original manuscript, which has some interesting notes in the margins.

  • And this is the original one that was before.

  • See, once the engines failed, the original route of the ship changed.

  • As you listen to everyone, try to guess what the original sentence is.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I'm going to draw the original shape as what it was.

  • Are the elite living closer to their original state before the earthquake?

  • The Library of Congress and Georgia Archives each maintain original copies of this map.

    Academic text (2011)
  • You know, barter, the original form of commerce.

  • By the fourth year, only 63% of the original cohort is still enrolled in high school.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

new
vsoriginal
1.0

Recently made or found and not seen before

is about being the first or earliest form rather than simply recent
underivative
vsoriginal
9.9

Not copied from others and showing new ideas

is the first or earliest form rather than focusing on creativity

Antonyms

1.0

A paper or file that is the same as the original

3 3.0

Exactly the same as another thing

Compounds

12 8.9

A condition all people get from Adam that makes them likely to do wrong

The first form of a book, film, or show before any change

The first version of a book or text written in German, not a translation

A soft, creamy caramel candy with a rich buttery taste

How Early

archetype
25 7.4
original
2.8
to prototype
1 4.2
replica
82 3.6

Surface Forms

original positive
originaler comparative
originalest superlative

Morphology

original = origin (transparent) = origin + al

The adjective is a standard suffixation from 'origin', and the sense 'first or earliest form' follows fairly directly from that base.

Etymology

Original comes from the same root as origin, origo 'beginning'. So when something is original it is the first form, not a copy.