Xerox
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Definition
Noun:
- A photocopy: A copy of a document or image made using a xerographic process, a type of photocopier.
- A photocopier (trademark: Xerox): A machine that makes copies of documents using xerography, a dry photographic process.
Verb:
- To photocopy: To make a copy of a document using a xerographic photocopier.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Can you make a xerox of this report for the meeting?
- The office has a new Xerox that prints in color.
Verb:
- I need to xerox these pages before class.
- She xeroxed the article and distributed it to the team.
Advanced Usage
"to xerox something off": To make one or more photocopies of something quickly.
- He xeroxed off a dozen copies of the agenda.
"xeroxed copy": A copy made by a photocopier (this phrase is often used for emphasis or clarity).
- Please submit the original form, not a xeroxed copy.
Variants and Related Words
Xeroxing (gerund/noun): The action or process of making photocopies.
- The xeroxing of copyrighted material is restricted.
Xerographic (adj): Relating to or using xerography.
- The xerographic process uses electrical charges and toner.
Synonyms
- Photocopy (n, v): A copy made by a photographic process; to make such a copy.
- Duplicate (n, v): An identical copy; to make an identical copy.
- Copy (n, v): A thing made to be similar or identical to another; to make a copy.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Run off: To produce copies on a machine.
- Could you run off twenty copies of this memo? (This is a more common generic phrase than "xerox off").
Related Idioms
- A xerox of someone/something: A person or thing that is a very close imitation of another.
- The new policy is just a xerox of the old one, with a different title.
Noun
- a duplicator (trade mark Xerox) that copies graphic matter by the action of light on an electrically charged photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent image is developed with a resinous powder
- a copy made by a xerographic printer
Verb
- reproduce by xerography