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photocopy

[foh-tuh-kop-ee]

noun

plural

photocopies 
  1. a photographic reproduction of a document, print, or the like.



verb (used with object)

photocopied, photocopying 
  1. to reproduce (a document, print, or the like) photographically.

photocopy

/ ˈəʊəʊˌɒɪ /

noun

  1. a photographic reproduction of written, printed, or graphic work See also microcopy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to reproduce (written, printed, or graphic work) on photographic material

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of photocopy1

First recorded in 1920–25; photo- + copy
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The government says the new app will mean further education colleges no longer have to hire extra staff to photocopy results or chase missing paperwork from prospective students.

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One aggravating visual tic is that most of the male characters are photocopies of each other, a stack of handsome men with sandy brown goatees.

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In fact he was so worried about the "bizarre" prescriptions he was being handed by patients he photocopied 250 of the most suspicious.

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Jean shoves a photocopy of an article from the Cook Islands News into my hand.

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The magazine urged readers to “photocopy pages and paste them around your town” – a kind of analogue memetics.

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