Someone who is an original behaves or speaks in a way that is not like other people. The original plans have been changed. Our teacher said we’d better come up with something original. An original piece of work, such as a painting or drawing, is produced by the artist or writer and is not a copy.

ORIGINAL definition: belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning. See examples of original used in a sentence.

"Orginal" is an incorrect spelling, while "Original" is the correct form, referring to something authentic or first of its kind.

original (comparative more original, superlative most original) (not comparable) Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others. quotations

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You use original when referring to something that existed at the beginning of a process or activity, or the characteristics that something had when it began or was made.

1. belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something. 2. arising or proceeding independently; inventive; novel: an original idea. 3. capable of or given to thinking or acting in an independent, creative, or individual manner: an original thinker.

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