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to recopy

to recopy

1 3.7
To write or type something again to fix mistakes
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈkɑːpi/
translation icon : volver a copiar
  • After the meeting, she recopied her notes to make sure everything was accurate.
  • copy and recopy

Examples

  • I got to have time to recopy it.

  • So the letters I wrote were written in English, then translated by a friend, and then recopied by me so they would be in my own hand.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The priest was thrilled and recopied them.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The rest were posted on public notice boards to be read, recopied and proclaimed.

  • Small hands wrapped around a pencil, copied and recopied words and numbers.

    Academic text (2012)
  • In her notebooks, Well frequently recopied a brief passage drawn from the Iliad, illustrating this point.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Gerson wrote some thirty tracts on confession, which were copied and recopied throughout Europe and cited as authoritative.

    Academic text (1993)
  • There is no doubt that the astronomers who observed sky events and interpreted their portents, as well as the scribes who recorded, recopied, and updated the documents, were members of the ruling class.

    Academic text (1995)
  • In addition, Lecha and Zeta are in the process of recopying a series of notebooks given to them by their grandmother, Yoeme, which contain the spiritual heart of their ancestors and which is the spiritual center of the novel.

    Academic text (1999)
  • She decided to recopy the report after realizing she had made several mistakes.

Synonyms

to duplicate
vsto recopy
84 3.5

To make an exact copy of something

is used to make a new one again often after a mistake
to reduplicate
vsto recopy
1 7.8

To do something again in the same way to copy the original

is used when making another version because of an earlier error
to re-create
vsto recopy
  • UK
4.1

Make something again so it looks like the original

is used to make a new one after a mistake rather than rebuild fully

Antonyms

144 1.6

Remove marks, writing, or digital files so they are no longer visible

Surface Forms

recopy infinitive
recopied past
recopied past participle
recopying present participle
recopies third person singular

Morphology

recopy = copy (transparent) = re + copy

The prefix 're-' straightforwardly adds the meaning 'again' to the verb 'copy'.

Etymology

Recopy is easy to remember: re- means 'again' and copy means 'to make the same'. So recopy means 'to copy again', often after a mistake.