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Original Work Writing Copy Piece Document Art Version

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If something such as a document, a work of art, or a piece of writing is an o_______, it is not a copy or a later version .If something such as a document, a work of art, or a piece of writing is an original, it is not a copy or a later version .
When you have filled in the questionnaire, copy it and send the original to your employer.
For once the sequel is as good as the original.
word original
full-definition
adjective
You use original when referring to something that existed at the beginning of a process or activity, or the characteristics that something had when it began or was made.
The original plan was to hold an indefinite stoppage.
He was unable to identify the original name of the site.
An original document or work of art is not a copy.
...an original movie poster.
An original piece of writing or music was written recently and has not been published or performed before.
...its policy of commissioning original work.
...with catchy original songs by Richard Warner.
If you describe someone or their work as original, you mean that they are very imaginative and have new ideas.
It is one of the most original works of imagination in the language.
...an original writer.
...a chef with an original touch and a measure of inspiration.
He was capable of writing things of startling originality.
noun
If something such as a document, a work of art, or a piece of writing is an original, it is not a copy or a later version .
When you have filled in the questionnaire, copy it and send the original to your employer.
For once the sequel is as good as the original.
inflections originalsoriginality
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