English to English
adjective
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
source: WordNet 3.0
- something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
This painting is a copy of the original.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Origin; commencement; source.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary
His work is based on only original, not secondary, sources.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
English to Tagalog
adj
- [orídchinal] Una; pinagsalinan; pinagparisan
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
