original

US: /ɝˈɪdʒənəɫ/
UK: /əɹˈɪd‍ʒɪnə‍l/


English Vietnamese dictionary


original /ə'ridʤənl/
  • tính từ
    • (thuộc) gốc, (thuộc) nguồn gốc, (thuộc) căn nguyên, đầu tiên
    • (thuộc) nguyên bản chính
      • where is the original picture?: bức ảnh chính ở đâu?
    • độc đáo
      • original remark: lời nhận xét độc đáo
  • danh từ
    • nguyên bản
      • to read Dickens in the original: đọc những nguyên bản của Đích-ken
    • người độc đáo; người lập dị

Advanced English dictionary


adjective, noun
+ adjective
1 [only before noun] existing at the beginning of a particular period, process or activity: The room still has many of its original features. + I think you should go back to your original plan. + At the end of the lease, the land will be returned to the original owner. + The original intention was to record about 80 speakers, divided equally between males and females.
2 new and interesting in a way that is different from anything that has existed before; able to produce new and interesting ideas: an original design / idea + That's not a very original suggestion. + an original thinker / writer / painter + the product of a highly original mind
3 [usually before noun] painted, written, etc. by the artist rather than copied: an original painting by local artist Graham Tovey + The original manuscript has been lost. + Only original documents (= not photocopies) will be accepted as proof of status.
+ noun
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!
2 (formal) a person who thinks, behaves, dresses, etc. in an unusual way
Idioms: in the original 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.

Thesaurus dictionary


adj.
1 initial, first, earliest, primary, beginning, starting, basic:
The original report made no mention of any missing jewellery.
2 native, indigenous, autochthonous, aboriginal, primordial, primeval, primitive:
At first, we could find only slight traces of the original inhabitants.
3 master, actual, primary, authentic, true, genuine, real, basic; prototypic(al), archetypal, source:
I have the original document and my lawyer has a copy.
4 creative, novel, innovative, unique, imaginative, unusual, inventive, ingenious; firsthand, fresh, underived, unprecedented:
The film is based on a highly original story by Daphne du Maurier. The author has some original insights into Hamlet's relationship with Ophelia.
n.
5 prototype, archetype, source, model, pattern; master:
The original hangs in the National Gallery.
6 eccentric, nonconformist, individualist, Colloq case, card, character, Brit queer fish:
True to his reputation as an original, Wilde sauntered down the Strand with a lily in his hand.

Collocation dictionary


VERB + ORIGINAL

pass sth off as
He copied paintings of famous artists and passed them off as originals.

PREP.

in the ~
to read Tolstoy in the original

VERBS

be

ADV.

extremely, highly, startlingly, very
She has a highly original mind. a startlingly original idea
| completely
tackling the problem in a completely original way


Concise English dictionary


originalsə'rɪdʒənl
noun
+an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
+an original model on which something is patterned
adj.
+preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
+(of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary
+being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of
+not derived or copied or translated from something else