1.Preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed. "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.
3.Being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of. "With original music" , "An original mind"
4.Not derived or copied or translated from something else. "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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