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7 entries found for original.

o·rig·i·nal ( P ) Pronunciation Key (-rj-nl)
adj.

1. Preceding all others in time; first.
2. 1. Not derived from something else; fresh and unusual: an original play, not an adaptation.
   2. Showing a marked departure from previous practice; new: a truly original approach. See Synonyms at new.
3. Productive of new things or new ideas; inventive: an original mind.
4. Being the source from which a copy, reproduction, or translation is made.

n.

1. A first form from which other forms are made or developed: Later models of the car retained many features of the original.
2. 1. An authentic work of art: bought an original, not a print.
   2. Work that has been composed firsthand: kept the original but sent a photocopy to his publisher.
3. A person who is appealingly odd or curious; a character.
4. Archaic. The source from which something arises; an originator.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin orginlis, from org, orgin-, source. See origin.]

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Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

original

\O*rig"i*nal\, n. [Cf. F. original.] 1. Origin; commencement; source.

It hath it original from much grief. --Shak.

And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. --Addison.

2. That which precedes all others of its class; archetype; first copy; hence, an original work of art, manuscript, text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy, translation, etc.

The Scriptures may be now read in their own original. --Milton.

3. An original thinker or writer; an originator. [R.]

Men who are bad at copying, yet are good originals. --C. G. Leland.

4. A person of marked eccentricity. [Colloq.]

5. (Zo["o]l. & Bot.) The natural or wild species from which a domesticated or cultivated variety has been derived; as, the wolf is thought by some to be the original of the dog, the blackthorn the original of the plum.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

original

\O*rig"i*nal\, a. [F. original, L. originalis.] 1. Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process.

His form had yet not lost All her original brightness. --Milton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

original

adj 1: preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed; "the original inhabitants of the Americas"; "the book still has its original binding"; "restored the house to its original condition"; "the original performance of the opera"; "the original cast"; "retracted his original statement" 2: (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary; "his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources" 3: being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind" [ant: unoriginal] 4: not derived or copied or translated from something else; "the play is original; not an adaptation"; "he kept the original copy and gave her only a xerox"; "the translation misses much of the subtlety of the original French" n 1: an original (audio recording) from which copies can be made [syn: master, master copy] 2: an original model on which something is patterned [syn: archetype, pilot]

Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University

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original: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary

Source: On-line Medical Dictionary, © 1997-98 Academic Medical Publishing & CancerWEB

4. It appears that you picked an unfortunate word with which to describe titles.

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4. It appears that you picked an unfortunate word with which to describe titles.

It was an Admin Mod that used the term "original" when characterizing the title.

Please tell me we at least agree on the definition of this word.

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