original

About 87.98 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.

   the original state of mankind; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process

2. adjective First in a series of copies or versions.

   The original manuscript contained spelling errors which were fixed in later versions.

3. adjective Newly created.

   Tonight we will hear an original work by one of our best composers.

4. adjective Fresh, different.

   The paper contains a number of original ideas about color perception.

5. adjective Pioneering.

   Parker was one of the original bebop players.

6. adjective Having a specified place or time as its origin.

   This kind of barbecue is original to North Carolina.

7. adjective Unseasoned, unflavored, plain, or having a standard or typical flavor; classic, traditional
8. noun An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived.

   This manuscript is the original.

Similar words

primary first originative novel newfangled fresh new innovational innovative archetype

Often followed by

and sin form work of position in text plan

Word family

originals