Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cut and paste

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables
cut and -paste
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To compose a document by piecing together components of other documents.

verb

To delete text or other data in one document and insert it in the same or a different one.

Inflected Forms

cuts and pastes (present, singular) cutting and pasting (participle, present) cut and pasted (participle, past) cut and pasted (past)

Phrases

cut-and-paste copy and paste

Frequently Paired Words

copy and paste clipboard copyright plagiarism

Questions

What does cut and paste mean?
To compose a document by piecing together components of other documents.

How to pronounce cut and paste

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