Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with original in American Collocation
original
adjective
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/əˈrɪdʒən(ə)l/
very or completely
completely
entirely
genuinely
highly
hugely
totally
truly
utterly
wholly
wildly
Steve has developed a highly original songwriting style.
in a surprising or exciting way
amazingly
breathtakingly
powerfully
remarkably
startlingly
strikingly
stunningly
thrillingly
It is a work of great poetic beauty, written in a startlingly original voice.
in a good way
brilliantly
fantastically
refreshingly
wonderfully
This is the most refreshingly original book about British politics that I have read for some time.
not very
hardly
not terribly
While the plot isn’t terribly original, the central characters are interesting.