adj.
1.preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
2.(of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary
3.being or productive of something fresh and unusual
4.not derived or copied or translated from something else original n.
1.an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
2.an original model on which something is patterned
Idiom of the Day
go through channels or go through the proper channels
to use the proper procedures to do something (especially in a hierarchy or bureaucracy)
We must go through the proper channels to get anything done with the city.