The meaning of Original

adjective

Inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists; indigenous.

Usage examples:

The aboriginal populations in southeast asia

noun

An aboriginal inhabitant of a place.

Usage examples:

Using the aboriginals' own oral histories, the developer proved that the site had been designated s…

adjective

Having lived or existed in a place since the earliest known time

Usage examples:

The exhibit was of aboriginal plants of this area.

adjective

Existing in fact; real.

Usage examples:

The estimate was much less than the actual cost

adjective

Very typical of a certain kind of person or thing.

Usage examples:

The archetypal country doctor

adjective

Of undisputed origin and not a copy; genuine.

Usage examples:

The letter is now accepted as an authentic document

adjective

Being what it is claimed to be; genuine

Usage examples:

An authentic goya drawing, how can we be sure the signature is authentic?, sylvia’s serves authenti…

adjective

Designating a theory or belief that a particular people, race, etc., are indigenous to a certain place.

adjective

Indigenous; = "autochthonous".

adjective

(of an inhabitant of a place) indigenous rather than descended from migrants or colonists.

Usage examples:

However, on his creative path around the north of the island he discovered several autochthonous be…

noun

A socially unconventional person, especially one who is involved in the arts.

Usage examples:

Warhol and the artists and bohemians he worked with in the 1960s

adjective

Socially unconventional in an artistic way.

Usage examples:

As an opera singer you live a bohemian lifestyle

adjective

Relating to bohemia or its people.

Usage examples:

The tombs of bohemian kings

noun

The mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.

Usage examples:

Running away was not in keeping with her character

verb

Inscribe or write (something).

Usage examples:

You have well charactered him

noun

The particular combination of things about a person or place, esp. things you cannot see, that make that person or place different from others

Usage examples:

[ c ] the idea was to modernize the house without changing its homey character., [ u ] it’s a theat…

adjective

Relating to or involving the use of the imagination or original ideas to create something.

Usage examples:

Change unleashes people's creative energy

noun

A person whose job involves creative work.

Usage examples:

The most important people in the mix will be creatives and direct marketing specialists

Having the ability or power to invent or make something

adjective

Causing or tending to cause disruption.

Usage examples:

Disruptive pupils

adjective

Tending to damage the orderly control of a situation

Usage examples:

Disruptive social changes, the teacher said disruptive behavior would not be tolerated.

adjective

Causing trouble and therefore stopping something from continuing as usual

Usage examples:

An absence of disruptive interpersonal issues makes for a healthier workspace., the start-up has al…

adjective

Happening or done before the usual or expected time.

Usage examples:

We ate an early lunch

adverb

Before the usual or expected time.

Usage examples:

I was planning to finish work early today

noun

Potatoes which are ready to be harvested before the main crop.

Usage examples:

The versatile early potato solanum tuberosum has many varieties, which have their own distinct seas…

adjective

Happening or done before the usual or expected time.

Usage examples:

We ate an early lunch

adverb

Before the usual or expected time.

Usage examples:

I was planning to finish work early today

noun

Potatoes which are ready to be harvested before the main crop.

Usage examples:

The versatile early potato solanum tuberosum has many varieties, which have their own distinct seas…

adjective

(of a person or their behaviour) unconventional and slightly strange.

Usage examples:

He noted her eccentric appearance

noun

A person of unconventional and slightly strange views or behaviour.

Usage examples:

He's seen as a local eccentric

adjective

Strange or unusual, sometimes in an amusing way

Usage examples:

Eccentric behavior, she was an elderly eccentric who lived with 25 cats., [ u ] although his reputa…

Preceding all others in time or space or degree

ordinal number

Coming before all others in time or order; earliest; 1st.

Usage examples:

His first wife

ordinal number

Foremost in position, rank, or importance.

Usage examples:

The doctor's first duty is to respect this right

adjective

(of food) recently made or obtained; not tinned, frozen, or otherwise preserved.

Usage examples:

Fresh fruit

adverb

Newly; recently.

Usage examples:

Fresh-baked bread

adjective

Recently made, produced, or harvested

adjective

Truly what something is said to be; authentic.

Usage examples:

Genuine 24-carat gold

adjective

Being what something or someone appears or claims to be; real, not false

Usage examples:

Genuine leather, a genuine masterpiece, she showed genuine (= sincere) sorrow at the news., no one …

adjective

Original and important; showing a new way of doing or thinking about things

Usage examples:

This groundbreaking work changed the way historians looked at slavery.

adjective

New and likely to have an effect on how things are done in the future

Usage examples:

A groundbreaking discovery, groundbreaking work/research/studies, a groundbreaking agreement/deal

adjective

Having or showing creativity or inventiveness.

Usage examples:

Making imaginative use of computer software

adjective

New, original, and showing a quick intelligence

Usage examples:

An imaginative little girl

adjective

Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.

Usage examples:

The indigenous peoples of siberia

adjective

Existing naturally or having always lived in a place; native

Usage examples:

The navajos are among the indigenous people of north america., are there any species of frog indige…

adjective

Operating or happening in the local area, not in other countries

Usage examples:

Indigenous firms, the most profitable indigenous business is cocoa growing., indigenous tourism

adjective

Single; separate.

Usage examples:

Individual tiny flowers

noun

A single human being as distinct from a group.

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Boat trips for parties and individuals

noun

A single person or thing, esp. when compared to the group or set to which it belongs

Usage examples:

We will remember him as an individual who always tried to make people happy., every company has its…

noun

A person who is independent and self-reliant.

Usage examples:

A rugged individualist driven to succeed

adjective

Relating to or characterized by the habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant.

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Individualist attitudes

adjective

(of a person) clever, original, and inventive.

Usage examples:

He was ingenious enough to overcome the limited budget

adjective

(of a person) skilled at inventing new ways to do something, esp. to solve problems, or (of ideas or things) original, and showing esp. the ability to solve problems

Usage examples:

An ingenious engineer/songwriter, she devised an ingenious solution to the problem.

adjective

Existing or occurring at the beginning.

Usage examples:

Our initial impression was favourable

noun

The first letter of a name or word, typically a person's given name or a word forming part of a phrase.

Usage examples:

They carved their initials into the tree trunk

verb

Mark or sign (a document) with one's initials in order to authorize or validate it.

Usage examples:

The man initialled the three warrants

adjective

(of a product, idea, etc.) featuring new methods; advanced and original.

Usage examples:

Innovative designs

adjective

(of ideas and methods) new and different

Usage examples:

Gwen introduced a number of innovative solutions.

adjective

Using new ideas or methods

Usage examples:

In recent years, the company has relied more on creative repackaging than on innovative design., in…

adjective

→  innovative

adjective

Having the ability to create or design new things or to think originally.

Usage examples:

The most inventive composer of his time

adjective

Having or showing the ability to design or create something new

Usage examples:

He is famous for his zany, inventive books for children.

adjective

Very good at thinking of new and original ideas

Usage examples:

He is very inventive, always dreaming up new gadgets for the home.

adjective

(of food, or premises in which food is sold, cooked, or eaten) satisfying the requirements of jewish law.

Usage examples:

A kosher kitchen

verb

Prepare (food) according to the requirements of jewish law.

Usage examples:

Those who are strict about eating only glatt kosher meat eat only meat that is koshered within the …

adjective

(of food or places where food is kept) prepared or kept in conditions that follow the rules of jewish law

Usage examples:

Kosher food, a kosher restaurant, it’s kosher for a politician to make a fortune when he leaves off…

noun

A man who has people working for him, especially servants or slaves.

Usage examples:

He acceded to his master's wishes

verb

Used as a title prefixed to the name of a boy not old enough to be called ‘mr’.

Usage examples:

Master james wishart

noun

A ship or boat with a specified number of masts.

Usage examples:

A three-master

noun

An unorthodox or independent-minded person.

Usage examples:

He's the maverick of the fashion scene

adjective

Unorthodox.

Usage examples:

A maverick detective

noun

A person who thinks and acts independently of and differently from others

Usage examples:

She is considered a political maverick.

noun

A person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not.

Usage examples:

A native of montreal

adjective

Associated with the place or circumstances of a person's birth.

Usage examples:

He's a native new yorker

adjective

Of or relating to the place where you were born

Usage examples:

This was his first visit to his native land in 30 years., larry is a native texan (= he was born in…

adjective

Produced, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time; not existing before.

Usage examples:

The new madonna album

adverb

Newly; recently.

Usage examples:

New-mown hay

adjective

Recently created or having started to exist recently

Usage examples:

His newest book will be out next month., she’s always coming up with new ideas., have you met carlo…

noun

A member of a protestant church which dissents from the established church of england.

Usage examples:

Originally a nonconformist, he was later converted to anglo-catholicism

adjective

Relating to nonconformists or their principles and practices.

Usage examples:

Teetotalism was a largely nonconformist movement

noun

A person who does not live and think according to accepted customs and standards

noun

A fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.

Usage examples:

The novels of jane austen

adjective

Interestingly new or unusual.

Usage examples:

He hit on a novel idea to solve his financial problems

noun

A long, printed story about imaginary characters and events

Usage examples:

Literary/romance novels, a novel idea/suggestion

noun

A fruit consisting of a hard or tough shell around an edible kernel.

Usage examples:

He was cracking nuts with his teeth

verb

Butt (someone) with one's head.

Usage examples:

I thought he was going to nut me in the face

abbreviation

(in the uk) national union of teachers.

noun

A strange or eccentric person.

Usage examples:

She was seen as a bit of an oddball

adjective

Strange; bizarre.

Usage examples:

Oddball training methods

noun

A person whose behavior is unusual and strange

noun

A strange or peculiar person or thing.

Usage examples:

She was regarded as a bit of an oddity

noun

Someone or something that is strange and unusual

Usage examples:

As one of the few women in engineering in the 1950s, she was considered an oddity.

adjective

Produced or happening only once

Usage examples:

The london store is stocking 12 exclusive, one-off designs., a one-off opportunity/chance, a one-of…

noun

Something denoted or characterized by the number one.

Usage examples:

I did the last drink in a oner

adjective

Relating to an early stage in evolutionary development; primeval.

Usage examples:

Primal hunting societies

adjective

Characteristic of the earliest time in the existence of a person or thing; basic

Usage examples:

The appeal of music is primal.

adjective

Of chief importance; principal.

Usage examples:

The government's primary aim is to see significant reductions in unemployment

noun

(in the us) a preliminary election to appoint delegates to a party conference or to select the candidates for a principal, especially presidential, election.

Usage examples:

These two republicans should win their primaries easily

verb

Former term for palaeozoic.

adjective

Of the earliest time in history.

Usage examples:

Mile after mile of primeval forest

adjective

Existing at or from a very early time; ancient

Usage examples:

Primeval forests

adjective

Existing at or from the beginning of time; primeval.

Usage examples:

The primordial oceans

adjective

Existing at or since the beginning of the world or the universe

Usage examples:

Primordial gases

adjective

Denoting the first, original, or typical form of something.

Usage examples:

The prototypical vehicle

adjective

Genuine.

Usage examples:

The more expensive brands are pukka natural mineral waters

adjective

Real

Usage examples:

A nice little italian restaurant serving pukka pizzas and pasta, i've had some pukka food there., h…

adjective

Actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined or supposed.

Usage examples:

Julius caesar was a real person

adverb

Really; very.

Usage examples:

My head hurts real bad

noun

The basic monetary unit of brazil since 1994, equal to 100 centavos.

Usage examples:

Plus, currencies in these markets have strengthened, meaning returns in hungarian forints or brazil…

adjective

Serving to refresh or reinvigorate someone.

Usage examples:

A refreshing drink

verb

Give new strength or energy to; reinvigorate.

Usage examples:

The shower had refreshed her

adjective

Bringing new energy and strength in a pleasant and often unexpected way

Usage examples:

A refreshing breeze on a hot day, [ + to infinitive ] it’s refreshing to see so many young families…

abbreviation

Second(s).

contraction

Is.

Usage examples:

It's raining

prefix

(used chiefly in oaths) god's.

Usage examples:

'sblood

adjective

In accordance with fact or reality.

Usage examples:

A true story

adverb

Truly.

Usage examples:

Hobson spoke truer than he knew

verb

Bring (an object, wheel, or other construction) into the exact shape or position required.

Usage examples:

The bench sander is ideal for truing up faces of timber

adjective

Not based on or conforming to what is generally done or believed.

Usage examples:

His unconventional approach to life

adjective

Not cut.

Usage examples:

Her hair was left uncut

adjective

(of material for publication or broadcasting) not edited.

Usage examples:

And is abc crossing the line in choosing to broadcast a graphic, unedited war movie in prime time?

adjective

Not known or recognized.

Usage examples:

He felt a stranger among the crowd of unfamiliar faces

adjective

Contrary to what is usual, traditional, or accepted; not orthodox.

Usage examples:

He frequently upset other scholars with his unorthodox views

adjective

(of behavior, ideas, or methods) different from what is usual or expected

Usage examples:

He has an unorthodox teaching style.

adjective

Different from what is usual or expected in behaviour, ideas, methods, etc.

Usage examples:

Unorthodox approaches/methods/practices regulators began to scrutinize the company's unorthodox acc…

adjective

Never done or known before.

Usage examples:

The emphasis has been on shaping bold solutions to save lives and livelihoods in these unprecedente…

adjective

Never having happened or existed in the past

Usage examples:

We’ve entered an age of unprecedented prosperity.

adjective

Not handled, used, or tasted.

Usage examples:

Annabel pushed aside her untouched plate

adjective

Not changed or spoiled in any way

Usage examples:

These prewar apartment buildings have been virtually untouched since they were built., she left her…

adjective

Not habitually or commonly occurring or done.

Usage examples:

It was unusual for dennis to be late

adjective

Different from what is usual or expected

Usage examples:

I was actually on time, which is unusual for me.

adjective

Used for emphasis, often to qualify a metaphor.

Usage examples:

The early 1970s witnessed a veritable price explosion

adjective

(used to emphasize how great or unusual something is by comparing it to something else)

Usage examples:

If current projections hold, montgomery county will experience a veritable explosion in its school-…

noun

Used as a familiar term of address, chiefly in liverpool.

Usage examples:

‘gorra light 'ave yer, wack?’

adjective

Bad; inferior.

Usage examples:

A wack radio station

noun

A crazy or eccentric person.

Usage examples:

The kids were learning to live with the idea that dad was a wack

noun

A person whose behavior is strange

noun

Another term for weirdo.

noun

A person whose dress or behaviour seems strange or eccentric.

Usage examples:

The streets are dangerous and there are too many weirdos around

noun

A person who you think is strange and who makes you uncomfortable

Usage examples:

That guy is a real weirdo.