photocopy

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noun

pho·​to·​copy ˈfō-tə-ˌkä-pē 

: 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

photocopy

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verb

photocopied; photocopying; photocopies

transitive verb

: to make a photocopy of

intransitive verb

: to make a photocopy

photocopier noun

Examples of photocopy in a Sentence

Noun

She made a photocopy of the letter.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

After an artist residency at the Xerox Corporation in Rochester, N.Y., Whitten started painting and drawing with photocopy toner on paper. —Holland Cotter, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025

Similar to the photo album method, a binder both saves and keeps all your recipes together, and the original card can either be stored in the clear page protector sleeve alongside photocopies or safeguarded separately. —Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2025

Verb

Based on their 2024 financials, Meta is not some struggling teacher in Boise, Idaho, photocopying textbook pages for their students. —Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025

Its pirate distributor, Liberty Lobby, had merely photocopied an earlier printing and slapped some new copy on the back. —Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Noun

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use

Noun

1879, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1924, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Phrases Containing photocopy

• photocopy machine

Rhymes for photocopy

• atopy
• choppy
• copy
• floppy
• poppy
• sloppy

Kids Definition

photocopy

noun

pho·​to·​copy

ˈfōt-ə-ˌkäp-ē

: a copy of usually printed material made using a process in which an image is formed by the action of light on an electrically charged surface

photocopy verb