copy-paste
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The action of duplicating (text, an object, etc.) by copying it and later pasting somewhere else.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Material incorporated into another work with minimal or no changes.
Countable; Informal; Uncountable
noun
An idea, design, or action lacks originality, as if it was simply duplicated from somewhere else.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Paragraphs, images or diagrams are frequently assembled manually by copy-paste actions."
- "Optimizing your META Keywords field is remarkably easy, especially if you have just optimized your page titles. All you need to do is a simple copy-paste."
- "It also has disadvantages; for one thing, the lack of focus on program structure leads to lots of copy-paste programming and poorly structured programs. Language workbenches support developing new kinds of programming platforms like this."
- "The interesting fact, however, is that the Regulation takes as a model, or better to say it is mostly a copy-paste of the text, of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods rather than being adjusted to the needs of Kosovo."
- "It can be useful to copy-paste frames to transfer a sequence from the main timeline to the timeline of a clip symbol."
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin cōpiō Old French copierbor. Middle English copien English copy Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek παστός (pastós) Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor. Late Latin pasta Old French pastebor. Middle English paste English paste English copy-paste
Usage
Inflected Forms
copy-pastes (plural)
copy/paste (alternative)
copypaste (alternative)
copy and paste (alternative)
copy-and-paste (alternative)
copy-pastes (present, singular)
copy-pasting (participle, present)
copy-pasted (participle, past)
copy-pasted (past)
more copy-paste (comparative)
most copy-paste (superlative)