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Grep of noun original aboriginal original original sin originalism originality Overview of noun original The noun original has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) master, master copy, original -- (an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made) 2. (2) original, archetype, pilot -- (an original model on which something is patterned) Overview of adj original The adj original has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (22) original -- (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. (8) original -- ((of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary; "his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources") 3. (5) original -- (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") 4. original -- (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") Antonyms of adj original 4 senses of original Sense 1 original INDIRECT (VIA intermediate, first) -> last INDIRECT (VIA first last) -> intermediate Sense 2 original INDIRECT (VIA primary) -> secondary Sense 3 original (vs. unoriginal) unoriginal (vs. original) => banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock(postnominal), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn => bromidic, corny, platitudinal, platitudinous => cliched, ready-made => old stale, moth-eaten => slavish Sense 4 original INDIRECT (VIA underived) -> derived Similarity of adj original 4 senses of original Sense 1 original => first (vs. last) (vs. intermediate) Sense 2 original => primary (vs. secondary) Sense 3 original (vs. unoriginal) => avant-garde, daring => freehand, freehanded => fresh, new novel => germinal, originative, seminal => innovative, innovational => newfangled, new => underivative Also See-> creative#1, originative#1; first#1; primary#1; unconventional#1 Sense 4 original => underived (vs. derived) Attributes of adj original 1 of 4 senses of original Sense 3 original (vs. unoriginal) => originality Familiarity of adj original original used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj original aboriginal original unoriginal Overview of noun original The noun original has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) master, master copy, original -- (an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made) 2. (2) original, archetype, pilot -- (an original model on which something is patterned) Overview of adj original The adj original has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (22) original -- (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. (8) original -- ((of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary; "his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources") 3. (5) original -- (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") 4. original -- (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")
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