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{
"term": "original",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "existing at the beginning of a particular period, process or activity",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The room still has many of its original features."
},
{
"text": "I think you should go back to your original plan."
},
{
"text": "At the end of the lease, the land will be returned to the original owner."
},
{
"text": "the original stage version of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’"
},
{
"text": "The original intention was to publish a double album, but they opted instead for two separate releases."
},
{
"text": "The clock was restored to its original condition."
},
{
"text": "The original findings conflict with more recent findings."
},
{
"text": "There have been many new findings since the original report."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "new and interesting in a way that is different from anything that has existed before; able to produce new and interesting ideas",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "an original idea"
},
{
"text": "That's not a very original suggestion."
},
{
"text": "an original thinker"
},
{
"text": "the product of a highly original mind"
},
{
"text": "It's a taut, fast-moving detective story with **strikingly original** characters."
},
{
"text": "I don't think this is a truly original idea."
},
{
"text": "He believes that he is creating something wholly original."
},
{
"text": "They are tackling the problem in a completely original way."
},
{
"text": "The film is challenging and highly original."
}
],
"topics": ["Literature and writing"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "painted, written, etc. by the artist rather than copied",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "an original painting by local artist Graham Tovey"
},
{
"text": "The original manuscript has been lost."
},
{
"text": "Only original documents *(= not photocopies)* will be accepted as proof of status."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈrɪdʒənl/",
"audio": "or/original/original__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈrɪdʒənl/",
"audio": "or/original/original__us_3.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (the earliest use being in the phrase original sin): from Old French, or from Latin originalis, from origin-, from oriri ‘to rise’."
}