Original and Quotation

Original

Original noun - Something from which copies are made.

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Quotation and original are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Quotation" instead a noun "Original".

Quotation noun - A passage referred to, repeated, or offered as an example.

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Original and quotation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Original" instead a noun "Quotation".

Nearby Words: quote, quota, quoted, quoting, quotable

direct	direct original	direct quotation
actual	actual original	actual quotation

A minor one, but in the original translation, Terra compares Sabin to a body-builder, and Sabin, a few lines later, refers to himself as a "bear", quotation marks included.

Source: Dub-Induced Plot Hole
The original printing of Flute of Summoning Dragon was the first card to reference another card by name in its text, and it's the only one where that name is not enclosed in quotation marks.

Source: Early Installment Weirdness / Tabletop Games
Also, "sic" is Latin for thus and is used to indicate that a wrong spelling in a quotation is being preserved from the original.

Source: The Big List of Booboos and Blunders

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Quotation and Original. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/original/quotation

Original & Quotation. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/original/quotation>.

Quotation or Original. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/original/quotation.

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