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noun an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
noun something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
adjective preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
originFrom Middle English original, from Old French original, from Late Latin orīginālis (“primitive, original”), from Latin orīgō (“beginning, source, origin”); see origin.
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