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Original əˈrɪdʒənl Noun Bre Painting Copy Madrid Send

Word original
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / əˈrɪdʒənl / NAmE / əˈrɪdʒənl /
Example
  • this painting is a copy; the original is in madrid.
  • send out the photocopies and keep the original.
  • at that price, you could have bought an original!
  • he copied paintings of famous artists and passed them off as originals.
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original

(noun)BrE / əˈrɪdʒənl / NAmE / əˈrɪdʒənl /
  1. a document, work of art, etc. produced for the first time, from which copies are later made
    • This painting is a copy; the original is in Madrid.
    • Send out the photocopies and keep the original.
    • At that price, you could have bought an original!
    • He copied paintings of famous artists and passed them off as originals.
  2. a person who thinks, behaves, dresses, etc. in an unusual way
  3. in the language in which a book, etc. was first written, before being translated
    • I studied Italian so that I would be able to read Dante in the original.
    • to read Tolstoy in the original

    Word Origin

    • Middle English (the earliest use being in the phrase original sin): from Old French, or from Latin originalis, from origin-, from oriri ‘to rise’.
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