Urschrift — meaning in English

English meaning

• exemplar noun Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.
• original adj The first of its kind, existing before any copies.
• script noun The written text of a play, film, speech, or broadcast.

Senses

Urschrift is used for these senses in English:

• exemplar A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.
• original An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived.
• script (countable, legal) An original instrument or document.

exemplar — full definition

1. noun Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.
2. noun Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class.
3. noun A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
4. noun A well-known use of a scientific theory.

original — full definition

1. adj The first of its kind, existing before any copies.
2. adj Fresh, inventive, and not copied from anything else.
3. noun The very first version of something, from which copies are made.
4. noun An unusually distinctive or eccentric person.

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