1. • noun - an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
   • noun - something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
   • adj - preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
   • adj - (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary
   • adj - being or productive of something fresh and unusual
   • adj - not derived or copied or translated from something else
2. • Preceding all others in time; first.
   • Not derived from something else; fresh and unusual: an original play, not an adaptation.
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   • Productive of new things or new ideas; inventive: an original mind.
   • Being the source from which a copy, reproduction, or translation is made.
   • A first form from which other forms are made or developed: Later models of the car retained many features of the original.
   • An authentic work of art: bought an original, not a print.
   • Work that has been composed firsthand: kept the original but sent a photocopy to his publisher.
   • A person who is appealingly odd or curious; a character.
   • Archaic.
3. • n - the first form of something

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