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Definitions: Photocopy |
PhotocopyNoun1. A photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work. Verb1. Reproduce by xerography. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "photocopy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Fine Arts | A copy produced on or via sensitized material by the action of light or other radiation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Publishing & Graphic Arts | A negative or positive photographic reproduction of graphic matter (as a drawing or printing). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: PhotocopySynonyms: run off (v), xerox (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Photocopy |
| English words defined with "photocopy": microcopy ♦ photostat. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "photocopy": ARTIST, SUSPECT ♦ CLERK, TELEVISION PRODUCTION ♦ OFFSET-DUPLICATING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ PHOTOCOMPOSING-MACHINE OPERATOR, photocopy operator, proof clerk, PROOF-MACHINE OPERATOR, PROOF-MACHINE-OPERATOR SUPERVISOR ♦ SENSITIZED-PAPER TESTER, SUPERVISOR, BLUEPRINTING-AND-PHOTOCOPY ♦ transit clerk. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Photocopy Cha Cha (1991) | |
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Economic History | Spain | Necessary documents: a copy of the deed of the constitution of the company and photocopy of the applicant's I.D. or power of attorney. (references) |
Oman | However, despite introduction of the new, temporary airport visa, we have received reports of U.S. citizens being refused boarding by air carriers on flights to Oman for not having an Omani visa or photocopy of the visa (if the visa is to be issued at Seeb International Airport). (references) | |
Trade | Venezuela | The invoice must be typewritten; a photocopy will not be accepted. (references) |
Travel | Spain | Travelers are urged to keep a photocopy of documentation evidencing U.S. citizenship and to keep original documents such as passports in a hotel safe or other secure location. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Photocopy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 73.30% of the time. "Photocopy" is used about 176 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 73.3% | 129 | 28,132 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 17.05% | 30 | 63,341 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 9.66% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Total | 100.00% | 176 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
photocopy | 61 |
photocopy machine | 18 |
photocopy services | 8 |
legal photocopy | 5 |
photocopy software | 5 |
company legal photocopy | 3 |
photocopy transfer | 3 |
paper photocopy | 3 |
color photocopy | 3 |
bum photocopy | 3 |
photocopy service | 3 |
cut machine paper photocopy will | 2 |
photocopy tit | 2 |
art photocopy | 2 |
ass photocopy | 2 |
free photocopy ware | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "photocopy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fotokopjoj (photostat, xerox), fotokopje (photostat, xerox). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نسخة صورة (photocopying), إستخرج نسخة (exemplify). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | фотокопие (xerox), правя фотокопие (xerox). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 影印件. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | udìlat fotokopii, fotokopie (photostat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | FOTOKOPI. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | fotokopie (photoprint, xerographic copy, xerography). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فتوکپی , رونوشت برداری بوسیله عکاسی (Phototostat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | valokopio (negative, photo copy, photo print). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | photocopie (photocopying, photostat), photocopier (photostat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | fotokopy (photoprint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Photokopie (photostat), Fotokopie (photostat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φωτοαντίγραφο, φωτοτυπικό αντίγραφο, φωτοτυπία (photostat, phototype, xerox). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fotokópia (photostat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | foto kopi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fotocopia (photo copy, photo print). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 謄写 (copy, mimeograph, transcription). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | とうしゃ (copy, firm, mimeograph, projection, shrine, tracing, transcription). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 사진 복사. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jalloo-phrental (offset, photocopy printing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | fotokopia (photoprint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | otocopyphay xerox, fotocromia (colour photography), fotocopiar, fotocópia (photoprint, xerography). (various references) fotocopie (photoprint, photostat, replica). (various references) ксерокопия (xerocopy). (various references) fotokopirati, fotokopija (photostat). (various references) fotocopia (photostat, xerox). (various references) fotokopia (print). (various references) fotokopisini çekmek (photostat, xerox), fotokopi çekmek, fotokopi (photostat, xerox). (various references) фотокопіювати, фотокопія. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "photocopy": photocopying. (additional references) | |
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"Photocopy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: proctoscopy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-o-o-o-p-p-t-y" | |
-3 letters: choppy. | |
-4 letters: coopt, hooty, hoppy, photo, pooch. | |
-5 letters: chop, coho, coop, coot, copy, hoop, hoot, hypo, phot, poco, pooh, poop, toph, toyo, typo, typp. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-o-o-o-p-p-t-y" | |
+3 letters: photocopying. | |
+5 letters: ophthalmoscopy, phosphorolytic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 68 6F 74 6F 63 6F 70 79 |
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