n. an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

n. an original model on which something is patterned

adj. preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed; "the original inhabitants of the Americas"; "the book still has its original binding"; "restored the house to its original condition"; "the original performance of the opera"; "the original cast"; "retracted his original statement"

adj. being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind"

adj. (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary; "his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources"

adj. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"

n. a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"

n. the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their community"

n. something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"

n. a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"

adj. (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action; "an imaginative use of material"; "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford; "an ingenious device"; "had an inventive turn of mind"; "inventive ceramics"

adj. (of a cycle) beginning or occurring again; "a fresh start"; "fresh ideas"

adj. neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat; "a cool autumn day"; "a cool room"; "cool summer dresses"; "cool drinks"; "a cool breeze"

adj. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"

adj. not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"

adj. well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force; "a valid inference"; "a valid argument"; "a valid contract"; "a valid license"

adj. having no intervening persons, agents, conditions; "in direct sunlight"; "in direct contact with the voters"; "direct exposure to the disease"; "a direct link"; "the direct cause of the accident"; "direct vote"

adj. belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"

adj. belonging to or existing in times before recorded history; "prehistoric settlements"; "prehistoric peoples"

adj. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House"

adj. preceding in time or order

adj. of or near the head end or toward the front plane of the body

adj. earlier in time

adj. (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early; "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera"

adj. earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"

adj. existing or coming before

adj. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board"

adj. (of a cycle) beginning or occurring again; "a fresh start"; "fresh ideas"

adj. neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat; "a cool autumn day"; "a cool room"; "cool summer dresses"; "cool drinks"; "a cool breeze"

adj. having the ability or power to create; "a creative imagination"

adj. being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind"

adj. of the first stage of education and schools: "elementary school"; "an elementary grammar"

adj. serving as an introduction or preface

adj. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians"; "ancient Greece"

adj. representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned; "archetypal patterns"; "she was the prototypal student activist"

adj. preceding all others in time; "the premiere showing"

adj. first in order of birth; "the firstborn child"

adj. used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college); "a freshman senator"; "freshman year in high school or college"

adj. occurring at the beginning; "took the initial step toward reconciliation"

adj. first in time; "the oldest rocks on the planet"

adj. first in rank or degree; "an architect of premier rank"; "the prime minister"

adj. used of the first or originating agent; "prime mover"

adj. having the ability or power to create; "a creative imagination"

adj. preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"

adj. of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"

adj. not conforming to accepted rules or standards; "her unconventional dress and hair style"

adj. being a regular member of a team; "first-string players"

adj. first and most important; "his special interest is music"; "she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work"

adj. situated ahead or going before; "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies"

adj. used of the earliest known rocks

adj. formed in the earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era; "archeozoic life forms"

adj. before the appearance of life; "azoic rocks contain not organic remains"

adj. being somewhat early; "at an earlyish hour"

adj. pertaining to or occurring in the morning; "took his matutinal walk"

adj. uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end"

adj. too soon or too hasty; "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment"

adj. formed in the later of two divisions of the Precambrian era; "proterozoic life forms"

adj. indicating the first or earliest or original; "`proto' is a combining form in a word like `protolanguage' that refers to the hypothetical ancestor of another language or group of languages"

n. an exact copy or reproduction

adj. not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham

adj. identically copied from an original; "a duplicate key"

adj. following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"

adj. lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"

adj. showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"

adj. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"

adj. following in time or order; "subsequent developments"