Xerox

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Definition
  1. 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.
  2. 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
  1. 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
  2. a copy made by a xerographic printer
Verb
  1. reproduce by xerography