ORIGINALITY


Meaning of ORIGINALITY in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

great

I don't claim any great originality or depth, but it is the best I can do at the moment.

■ VERB

show

Alan's solution showed unusual talent and originality .

Very often the examiner will have worded it in a particular way in order to enable you to show a little originality of treatment.

But there are positive memories too, notably of properties which showed a spark of originality .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

She was a writer of astonishing imagination and originality .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

For Public Relations there must be two elements in the package, creativity and originality .

I don't claim any great originality or depth, but it is the best I can do at the moment.

John Peel has encouraged hundreds of musicians on his programmes with his attitude that puts creativity and originality above musicianship.

Joseph's view of kingship had no particular originality .

Nothing reveals the originality and spirit of a people better than this astonishing symbiosis.

Recipes will be judged on originality and compatibility with the wine by a panel of chefs and Bay Area food mavens.

So let the Review Board eat its words, when I win the annual all-industry award for originality .

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.