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facsimile

fac·sim·i·le
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fak-sim-uh-lee]
    • /fækˈsɪm ə li/
    • /fækˈsɪm.ɪ.li/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fak-sim-uh-lee]
    • /fækˈsɪm ə li/

Definitions of facsimile word

  • noun facsimile an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript. 1
  • noun facsimile Also called fax. Telecommunications. a method or device for transmitting documents, drawings, photographs, or the like, by means of radio or telephone for exact reproduction elsewhere. an image transmitted by such a method. 1
  • noun facsimile dropout (def 5). 1
  • verb with object facsimile to reproduce in facsimile; make a facsimile of. 1
  • adjective facsimile Also, fax. Telecommunications. (of an image) copied by means of facsimile: facsimile mail. (of a method or device) used to produce a facsimile: facsimile transmission. 1
  • noun facsimile Make a copy of. 1

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Origin of facsimile

First appearance:

before 1655
One of the 46% oldest English words
1655-65; earlier fac simile make the like, equivalent to Latin fac (imperative of facere) + simile, noun use of neuter of similis like; see simile

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Parts of speech for Facsimile

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

facsimile popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for facsimile

noun facsimile

  • photocopy — a photographic reproduction of a document, print, or the like.
  • replica — a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
  • likeness — a representation, picture, or image, especially a portrait: to draw a good likeness of Churchill.
  • copycat — A copycat crime is committed by someone who is copying someone else.
  • ditto — the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: ″. Abbreviation: do. Compare ditto mark.

adjective facsimile

  • alike — If two or more things are alike, they are similar in some way.
  • copier — A copier is a machine which makes exact copies of writing or pictures on paper, usually by a photographic process.
  • lookalike — a person or thing that looks like or closely resembles another; double.
  • undifferentiated — to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.

Antonyms for facsimile

noun facsimile

  • original — belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.

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