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Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

o·rig·i·nal (ə-rĭjʹə-nəl)adj.
1. Preceding all others in time; first.
2.
a. Not derived from something else; fresh and unusual:
an original play, not an adaptation.
b. Showing a marked departure from previous practice; new:
a truly original approach.
See Synonyms at new.
3. Productive of new things or new ideas; inventive:
an original mind.
4. Being the source from which a copy, reproduction, or translation is made.n.
1. A first form from which other forms are made or developed:
Later models of the car retained many features of the original.
2.
a. An authentic work of art:
bought an original, not a print.
b. Work that has been composed firsthand:
kept the original but sent a photocopy to his publisher.
3. A person who is appealingly odd or curious; a character.
4. Archaic. The source from which something arises; an originator. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin orīginālis, from orīgō, orīgin-, source. See origin.]

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  archetype, pilot, master, master copy