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