Hyphenation of ORIGINAL

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word ORIGINAL? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

ORIG-I-NAL

Definitions of ORIGINAL:

1.	An original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
2.	Something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies This painting is a copy of the original
3.	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
4.	(of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary His work is based on only original
5.	Not secondary
6.	Sources
7.	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
8.	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

Synonyms of ORIGINAL:

adj	first
adj	primary
adj	original, avant-garde, daring, freehand, freehanded, fresh, new, novel, germinal, originative, seminal, innovative, innovational, groundbreaking, newfangled, new, underivative, creative, originative, first, primary, unconventional
adj	underived
noun	master, master copy, creation
noun	archetype, pilot, model, example

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