"photocopy" meaning in English

See photocopy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfəʊtəʊkɒpi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-photocopy.wav [US] Forms: photocopy [singular], photocopies [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|2=photocopies}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A duplicate of the original
    Sense id: simple-photocopy-en-noun-sMo~mo2m

Verb

IPA: /ˈfəʊtəʊkɒpi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-photocopy.wav [US] Forms: photocopy [canonical], photocopies [third-person, singular], photocopied [past], photocopied [past, participle], photocopying [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|photocop|y}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you photocopy something, you make a duplicate of the original.
    Sense id: simple-photocopy-en-verb-SIIY75YV
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          "text": "Please submit a photocopy of your birth certificate."
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