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PHOTOCOPY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: photocopied   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("photocopy" is a kind of...):

copy (a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing)

exposure; photo; photograph; pic; picture (a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "photocopy"):

photostat (a photocopy made on a Photostat machine)

Derivation:

photocopy (reproduce by xerography)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reproduce by xerography

Synonyms:

photocopy; run off; xerox

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "photocopy" is one way to...):

reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "photocopy"):

microcopy (photocopy printed or other graphic matter so that it is reduced in size)

photostat (make a copy by means of a Photostat device)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

photocopier (a copier that uses photographic methods of making copies)

photocopy (a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work)

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