original

adjectiveB1 · Intermediate

The first one, not a copy.

Meanings of «original»

1 · adjective

the first one, not a copy

This is the original painting, not a copy.

2 · adjective

new and creative, not copied from others

She had an original idea for the project.

Similar: creative novel inventive

Translation

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«original» in 17 languages

AR العربية

AZ Azərbaycan

DE Deutsch

ES Español

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FR Français

HI हिन्दी

ID Indonesia

JA 日本語

KO 한국어

PT Português

RO Română

RU Русский

TH ไทย

TR Türkçe

UK Українська

UZ O‘zbek

VI Tiếng Việt

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The difference between similar words

coming first in time or order

firstnumber one in order; the usual wordThis is my first day at work.

initialat the very start of a processThe initial results look good.

originalexisting first, before any changeThe original plan was to stay a week.

Word family

origin B1 · nounoriginal B1 · adjectiveoriginally B1 · adverboriginality B2 · nounoriginate B1 · verbunoriginal B2 · adjective

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