photocopy

Word parts

photo- + copy

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈfəʊtəʊkɒpi/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

Singular photocopy

Plural photocopies

1. (countable) A duplicate of the original.

   Please submit a photocopy of your birth certificate.

Verb

Plain form photocopy

Third-person singular photocopies

Past tense photocopied

Past participle photocopied

Present participle photocopying

a woman photocopying some documents

1. If you photocopy something, you make a duplicate of the original.

   It is illegal to photocopy more than 10% of a book.