xerox
A xerographA xerograph (copy).
» Tom xeroxed the document.
Tom hat das Dokument kopiert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom kopierte das Dokument. — Esperantostern
Том отксерил документ. — Biga
Том відксерив документ. — deniko
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2 senses(colloquial, informal)A xerograph (copy).
Near-synonyms: photocopy (broadly synonymous), photostat (broadly synonymous)
Hand me that xerox, would you?
a copy made by a xerographic copier
(colloquial, informal)A xerographer (machine).
Near-synonyms: photocopier, photoduplicator, copier (broadly synonymous), photostat (broadly synonymous)
The xerox broke down yesterday.
Examples
4 sentencesTom xeroxed the document.
Том відксерив документ. — deniko
ruТом отксерил документ. — Biga
deTom hat das Dokument kopiert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I xeroxed the document.
ruЯ отксерил документ. — marafon
Yanni got the document xeroxed.
I mistook the shredder for a Xerox machine.
Origin
Genericized trademark from Xerox (“a photocopier”), from xerography, from Ancient Greek ξηGenericized trademark from Xerox (“a photocopier”), from xerography, from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) and γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”).
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Forms
plural: xeroxesSynonyms
8 synonyms- 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:xerographic copierXerox machine
- a copy made by a xerographic copier:xerox copy