Original | Mean of original in English Dictionary

/əˈrɪʤənl̟/

• happening or existing first or at the beginning
1. Their original idea was to fix their old car, but they decided to buy a new one instead.
2. The word's original meaning was very different from its current meaning.
3. That piece of furniture is still in its original condition. [=the furniture is in the same condition it was in when we first bought it]
4. We were the original [=first] owners of that van.
• made or produced first
1. I gave her a copy and kept the original document myself.
2. The book has been translated into English from the original Spanish.
• not like others
1. The concept is very original.
2. The car has a highly original design.

• able to think of or make new and creative things
1. She has a very original and creative mind.
2. He is admired as an original American composer.
• Noun
• a document, film, painting, etc., which is created by someone and from which a copy or translation is made
1. I gave her a copy of the report and kept the original.
2. This isn't a reprint, it's an original.
• a person who is different from other people in an appealing or interesting way
1. Compared to other actresses of her generation, she is a true original.
• in the language used by the original writer
1. We read Homer in the original, not in translation. [=we read the original words that Homer wrote in ancient Greek]