photocopy — (v.) 1924 in the sense of make a photographic reproduction, from PHOTO (Cf. photo ) light + COPY (Cf. copy) (v.). The usual modern meaning arose 1942 with the advent of xerography. The noun is recorded from 1934. Photostat (1911) was a type of… … Etymology dictionary
photocopy — ► NOUN (pl. photocopies) ▪ a photographic copy of something produced by a process involving the action of light on a specially prepared surface. ► VERB (photocopies, photocopied) ▪ make a photocopy of. DERIVATIVES photocopiable adjective … English terms dictionary
photocopy — [fōt′ō käp΄ē] n. pl. photocopies a copy of printed or other graphic material made by a device (photocopier) which photographically reproduces the original vt. photocopied, photocopying to make a photocopy of … English World dictionary
photocopy — [n/v] mechanical image produced from a copier; making the image copy, duplicate, reproduce, stat, velox, Xerox; concept 269 … New thesaurus
photocopy — I UK [ˈfəʊtəˌkɒpɪ] / US [ˈfoʊtoʊˌkɑpɪ] noun [countable] Word forms photocopy : singular photocopy plural photocopies a copy made by a photocopier II UK [ˈfəʊtəˌkɒpɪ] / US [ˈfoʊtoʊˌkɑpɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms photocopy : present tense… … English dictionary
photocopy — I. noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: circa 1909 a copy of usually printed material made with a process in which an image is formed by the action of light usually on an electrically charged surface II. verb Date: 1944… … New Collegiate Dictionary
photocopy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ black and white, colour/color VERB + PHOTOCOPY ▪ do (informal), make, take (BrE) ▪ Could you make a photocopy of this letter f … Collocations dictionary
photocopy — n. to make a photocopy * * * [ fəʊtəˌkɒpɪ] to make a photocopy … Combinatory dictionary
photocopy — pho|to|cop|y1 [ˈfəutəuˌkɔpi US ˈfoutəˌka:pi] n plural photocopies a photographic copy, especially of something printed, written, or drawn ▪ I sent him the original document, not a photocopy. photocopy 2 photocopy2 past tense and past participle… … Dictionary of contemporary English
photocopy — [[t]fo͟ʊtoʊkɒpi[/t]] photocopies, photocopying, photocopied 1) N COUNT A photocopy is a copy of a document made using a photocopier. 2) VERB If you photocopy a document, you make a copy of it using a photocopier. [V n] Staff photocopied the… … English dictionary
