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prototype
noun
    1. An original model from which later forms are copied, developed or derived.
      Thesaurus: example, model, type, original, paradigm, standard, precedent, archetype, exemplar, mock-up, pattern, basis.
    2. A first working version, eg of a vehicle or aircraft.
    3. Someone or something that exemplifies a type.
    4. A primitive or ancestral form of something.
Derivative: prototypal
adj
    Derivative: prototypic
    adj
      Derivative: prototypical
      adj
        Derivative: prototypically
        adverb
          Etymology: 17c: from Greek prototypos primitive or original.



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