photocopy
verb/ˈfəʊtəʊkɒpi/
/ˈfəʊtəʊkɑːpi/
(also copy especially in British English)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they photocopy | /ˈfəʊtəʊkɒpi/ /ˈfəʊtəʊkɑːpi/ |
| he / she / it photocopies | /ˈfəʊtəʊkɒpiz/ /ˈfəʊtəʊkɑːpiz/ |
| past simple photocopied | /ˈfəʊtəʊkɒpid/ /ˈfəʊtəʊkɑːpid/ |
| past participle photocopied | /ˈfəʊtəʊkɒpid/ /ˈfəʊtəʊkɑːpid/ |
| -ing form photocopying | /ˈfəʊtəʊkɒpiɪŋ/ /ˈfəʊtəʊkɑːpiɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] photocopy (something) to make a photocopy of something
- a photocopied letter
- Can you get these photocopied for me by 5 o'clock?
- I seem to have spent most of the day photocopying.
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- [intransitive] photocopy well/badly (of printed material) to produce a good/bad photocopy
- The comments in pencil haven't photocopied very well.
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