OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 4570

original

/əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪnəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
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Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.
The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse an…
the original state of mankind; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process
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First in a series of copies or versions.
The original manuscript contained spelling errors which were fixed in later versions.
This recording is by the original broadway cast.
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Newly created.
Tonight we will hear an original work by one of our best composers.
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Fresh, different.
The paper contains a number of original ideas about color perception.
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Pioneering.
Parker was one of the original bebop players.
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Having a specified place or time as its origin.
This kind of barbecue is original to North Carolina.