facsimile
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7.1
- noun
- /fækˈsɪmɪli/
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facsímil
- The museum displayed a facsimile of the famous painting alongside the original one.
- facsimile edition
- a reasonable facsimile
- facsimile summary
Now, this letter is the facsimile of the original.
- Now, this letter is the facsimile of the original.
- Perhaps I can create a reasonable facsimile of you.
- Plato talked about the fact that everything in this life is a facsimile from the source, the original.
- And the reality was so much greater than the facsimiles and portions that I'd had prior to that.
- But I want to make a new box because this box is a very reasonable facsimile of how OG pistol boxes were laid out.
- This is the strongest material in the universe, or rather a plastic facsimile of it.
- It had only a facsimile of communication.
- And it's a facsimile of career and purpose and drive and different levels.
Examples
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This document is a facsimile of the historical manuscript stored in the archive.
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Plato talked about the fact that everything in this life is a facsimile from the source, the original.
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Now, this letter is the facsimile of the original.
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And we put together this sort of almost facsimile of the, the original book.
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One would appear to be a facsimile of the other, my lord.
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Perhaps I can create a reasonable facsimile of you.
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We're seeking only a reasonable facsimile.
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"Well, I do have a facsimile edition of the diary of William Clark.
Fiction book (1990) -
Although a facsimile appeared in 1967, no revised edition has ever appeared.
Academic text (1990) -
I am so delighted to add this incredible set of facsimiles to my collection.
Synonyms
82
3.6
A close copy of something real, often a famous object or work of art
20
3.1
A paper copy printed or typed from a computer
19
1.0
A copy of a document or picture made by a copy machine
17
3.5
The act of making an exact copy or the thing that is copied
9
4.4
A copy of an original work or object that looks like the real thing
4
3.0
A copy of a paper made at the same time as the original
1
8.2
A copy of an original artwork or document for display
An exact copy of a picture, document, or printed item
A copy of a document made with a photocopier
A copy of a document made with a photocopier
Antonyms
Compounds
How Exact
Surface Forms
Etymology
Facsimile comes from the Latin phrase fac simile, which literally means 'make similar', so a facsimile is something made to be very like the original — an exact copy.