I hope to make clear why I think Emmet's theory, originally introduced in the field of design architecture, is so important in physics.
Source: tatoeba (30350)
Originally
//əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nə.li//
Synonyms for "originally" (44 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (22)
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Translations
57 translations across 28 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- أَصْلًا adv (as it was in the beginning)
Belarusian
3 entries- арыгіна́льна adv (creatively)
- першапачатко́ва adv (as it was in the beginning)
- спача́тку adv (as it was in the beginning)
Bulgarian
2 entries- оригина́лно adv (creatively)
- първонача́лно adv (as it was in the beginning)
Catalan
3 entries- originalment adv (as it was in the beginning)
- originalment adv (creatively)
- originàriament adv (as it was in the beginning)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- لە کاتی خۆییدا adv (as it was in the beginning)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 原來 /原来 adv (as it was in the beginning)
- 本來 /本来 adv (as it was in the beginning)
Czech
1 entries- původně adv (as it was in the beginning)
Dutch
4 entries- aanvankelijk adv (as it was in the beginning)
- oorspronkelijk adv (as it was in the beginning)
- op een nieuwe manier adv (creatively)
- origineel adv (creatively)
Esperanto
1 entries- originale adv (as it was in the beginning)
French
3 entries- au départ adv (as it was in the beginning)
- à l'origine adv (as it was in the beginning)
- à la base adv (as it was in the beginning)
German
1 entries- ursprünglich adv (as it was in the beginning)
Hungarian
1 entries- eredetileg adv (as it was in the beginning)
Italian
4 entries- all'origine adv (as it was in the beginning)
- in origine adv (as it was in the beginning)
- originalmente adv (creatively)
- originariamente adv (as it was in the beginning)
Japanese
3 entries- 元々 adv (as it was in the beginning)
- 元来 adv (as it was in the beginning)
- 本来 adv (as it was in the beginning)
Korean
2 entries- 본래 adv (as it was in the beginning)
- 원래 adv (as it was in the beginning)
Latin
1 entries- prīmitus adv (as it was in the beginning)
Manchu
2 entries- ᡩᠠᠴᡳ adv (as it was in the beginning)
- ᡩᠠᡩᡝ adv (as it was in the beginning)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- opphavleg adv (as it was in the beginning)
Occitan
2 entries- originalament adv (creatively)
- originàriament adv (as it was in the beginning)
Polish
2 entries- oryginalnie adv (creatively)
- pierwotnie adv (as it was in the beginning)
Russian
4 entries- внача́ле adv (as it was in the beginning)
- изнача́льно adv (as it was in the beginning)
- оригина́льно adv (creatively)
- первонача́льно adv (as it was in the beginning)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- bho thùs adv (as it was in the beginning)
Slovak
1 entries- pôvodne adv (as it was in the beginning)
Spanish
3 entries- originalmente adv (as it was in the beginning)
- originalmente adv (creatively)
- originariamente adv (as it was in the beginning)
Swedish
2 entries- originellt adv (creatively)
- ursprungligen adv (as it was in the beginning)
Thai
1 entries- เดิมที adv (as it was in the beginning)
Ukrainian
3 entries- оригіна́льно adv (creatively)
- спе́ршу adv (as it was in the beginning)
- споча́тку adv (as it was in the beginning)
West-Frisian
1 entries- orizjineel adv (as it was in the beginning)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Originally the meeting was planned for next Saturday.
Source: tatoeba (32751)
This poem was originally written in French.
Source: tatoeba (59042)
Football originally meant "a game played with a ball on foot" - unlike a game played on horseback, such as polo.
Source: tatoeba (239449)
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