xerox

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Pronunciation

/ˈzɛ.ɹɒks/ (UK)

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/ˈzɛ.ɹɒks/ (UK) · /ˈziː(ə)ɹ.ɑks/ (US) · [ˈseɾoks]

Definition of xerox

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(colloquial, informal)A xerograph (copy).

“Near-synonyms: photocopy (broadly synonymous), photostat (broadly synonymous)”
“Hand me that xerox, would you?”
“There were twenty pictures in the envelope, xeroxes but clear enough. They documented the scene pretty much as I imagined it.”

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noun

(colloquial, informal)A xerograph (copy).

“Near-synonyms: photocopy (broadly synonymous), photostat (broadly synonymous)”
“Hand me that xerox, would you?”
“There were twenty pictures in the envelope, xeroxes but clear enough. They documented the scene pretty much as I imagined it.”
(colloquial, informal)A xerographer (machine).

“Near-synonyms: photocopier, photoduplicator, copier (broadly synonymous), photostat (broadly synonymous)”
“The xerox broke down yesterday.”
(alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of xerox.

verb

(ambitransitive)To make a copy using a xerographer.

“Near-synonyms: photocopy, photoduplicate (broadly synonymous), photostat (broadly synonymous)”
“I xeroxed the report for all the people at the meeting.”
(alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of xerox.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Genericized trademark from Xerox (“a photocopier”), from xerography, from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) and γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”).

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