Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

copy and paste

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables: copy- and -paste
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of copy-paste.

noun

Alternative form of copy-paste.

Example Sentences

"Note that the console listings are straight copy and pastes from the machines used to actually run this exploit—you see exactly what I saw while I ran it."
"The log should include links, screenshots, or copy and pastes of the specific commands you ran as well as a short explanation for why you did this."
"One of the concerns I had when considering adopting PeerWise was in relation to students doing a copy and paste of questions and not creating their own."

Inflected Forms

copies and pastes (present, singular) copying and pasting (participle, present) copied and pasted (participle, past) copied and pasted (past) copy and pastes (plural)

Questions

What does copy and paste mean?: Alternative form of copy-paste.

How to pronounce copy and paste

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