Urschrift — meaning in English

English meaning

• exemplar noun A person or thing so good that others should copy them.
• 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 A person or thing so good that others should copy them.
2. noun A single case that shows the typical features of its class.
3. noun An original model that later versions are based on.
4. noun A well-known case used to show how a scientific theory works in practice.

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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