original

Pronunciation: [ә'ridʒәnl]

Average Rank: 1104

Source: ECDICT

a. 最初的, 原始的, 有创意的 n. 原物, 原作

n. something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
s. preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
s. (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary
a. being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of

Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Oxford 3000

Difficulty: BASIC

Exam Tags: cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre

Plural: originals

Word Frequency Rankings

#206

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.9% (Top 97.9% most frequent)

97.9%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

#2229

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 77.7% (Top 77.7% most frequent)

77.7%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

#878

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 91.2% (Top 91.2% most frequent)

91.2%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.