the first one made and not a copy: Send a copy of your receipt, but keep the original. An original is also a piece of work by an artist or designer and not a copy by someone else. Someone who is an original behaves or speaks in a way that is not like other people.

Originals are often guided by an inner voice or a sense of purpose that compels them to stay true to themselves. But they also seek to bring something positive into the world around them. It means breaking away from tradition and mainstream standards, avoiding the pressure of “what should be” while doing and embracing instead what comes naturally.

Originality refers to lending one’s personal uniqueness and style to an idea. Originality is the art of uncovering one’s own true voice by thinking out of the box. Using and overcoming learned facts, knowledge and skills, originality defines one’s own unique voice.

: a person of fresh initiative or inventive capacity