{
    "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’."
}