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

Synonym(s): master, master_copy

Hypernym(s): creation

· something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies; "this painting is a copy of the original"

Synonym(s): archetype, pilot

Hypernym(s): model, example

· 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"

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

· 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"

Antonym(s): unoriginal

· not derived or copied or translated from something else; "the play is original; not an adaptation"; "he kept the original copy and gave her only a xerox"; "the translation misses much of the subtlety of the original French"