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- [kahr-buh n kop-ee]
- /ˈkɑr bən ˈkɒp i/
- /ˈkɑː.bən ˈkɒpi/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kahr-buh n kop-ee]
- /ˈkɑr bən ˈkɒp i/
Definitions of carbon-copy word
- noun carbon-copy a duplicate of anything written or typed, made by using a photocopier or, formerly, by using carbon paper. Abbreviation: cc. a copy of an email or other electronic document that is sent to one or more people in addition to the primary addressee. Abbreviation: cc. 1
- noun carbon-copy a near or exact duplicate of a given person or thing; replica: She's a carbon copy of her mother. 1
- noun carbon-copy Attributive form of carbon copy. 0
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Origin of carbon-copy
First appearance:
before 1890 One of the 20% newest English words
First recorded in 1890-95
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Parts of speech for Carbon-copy
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
carbon-copy popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 51% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
Synonyms for carbon-copy
noun carbon-copy
- mirror image — an image of an object, plan, person, etc., as it would appear if viewed in a mirror, with right and left reversed.
- carbon — Carbon is a chemical element that diamonds and coal are made up of.
- clone — If someone or something is a clone of another person or thing, they are so similar to this person or thing that they seem to be exactly the same as them.
- copy — If you make a copy of something, you produce something that looks like the original thing.
- double — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
adj carbon-copy
- like — in like manner with; similarly to; in the manner characteristic of: He works like a beaver.
- look-alike — a person or thing that looks like or closely resembles another; double.
- xerox — (sometimes lowercase) a copy made on a xerographic copying machine.
- dupe — duplicate.
- ditto — the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: ″. Abbreviation: do. Compare ditto mark.
Antonyms for carbon-copy
noun carbon-copy
- opposite — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
adj carbon-copy
- dissimilar — not similar; unlike; different.
- unlike — different, dissimilar, or unequal; not alike: They contributed unlike sums to charity.
- inconsistent — lacking in harmony between the different parts or elements; self-contradictory: an inconsistent story.
- variable — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- different — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
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