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xerox

xerox

5.3
A copy of a document made with a photocopier
  • noun
  • /ˈzɪrɒks/
  • US
translation icon : fotocopia
  • Say, how about giving me a xerox copy of that letter?

Examples

  • If you want to include a xerox of the diploma, that would be helpful.

  • Left a xerox of his driver's license right on her face.

  • So I thought I'd leave a xerox copy of my driver's license - with my picture and everything.

  • If there were photos, you did Xeroxes of them or you actually.

  • So what I am going to do is to make, now that I know how many of you are going to be present, I'm going to make a Xerox copy for you of the first half of the book.

  • The guy who puts a xerox copy of his driver's license in the bodies of all the women he's murdered.

  • Could you please give me a xerox of this document for my records?

  • I need a xerox of my passport to submit with my application.

  • After the meeting, I made a xerox of the agenda for everyone.

Synonyms

copy
vsxerox
1.0

A paper or file that is the same as the original

is limited to those made by a xerographic machine rather than any duplicate
facsimile
vsxerox
5 7.1

An exact copy of a document or work of art

focuses on copies made by a xerographic machine not on exactness
carbon copy
vsxerox
  • Archaic
4 3.0

A copy of a paper made at the same time as the original

is produced by a xerographic machine rather than with transfer paper
xerox copy
vsxerox
  • US
2.8

A copy of a document made with a photocopier

is specifically made that way rather than by other copying methods

Compounds

6 2.9

A machine that makes copies of papers or pictures

2.8

A copy of a document made with a photocopier

Surface Forms

xerox singular
xeroxes plural

Etymology

Xerox for a paper copy comes from the company Xerox and the word xerography, where xero- means 'dry' and xerography is 'dry writing'. Because the machine made copies with a dry process, people started calling a paper copy a 'xerox', which is why the noun means 'a copy' today.