Definition of copy-paste - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
informalRare US material reused with minimal changesRare US
- The article was criticized for being a copy-paste.
2.
technologyRare action of duplicating and inserting text or objectsRare
- The document was created using copy-paste.
Verb
1.
imitationRare replicate someone's work or idea without originalityRare
- He tends to copy-paste his colleague's designs without adding any creativity.
2.
technologyRare duplicate text or objects digitallyRare
- She will copy-paste the paragraph into the document.
Origin of copy-paste
English, copy (duplicate) + paste (insert)
Examples of copy-paste in a sentence
His presentation felt like a copy-paste from the internet. The report was filled with errors due to excessive copy-paste. Copy-paste made the task of compiling data much easier. Students often copy-paste information from the internet. She would copy-paste recipes without trying them first. He will copy-paste the data into the spreadsheet.
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- French:copier-coller, répliquer, ...
- German:Copy-Paste, abschreiben, ...
- Italian:copia e incolla, plagiare, ...
- Spanish:copia-pega, plagiar, ...
- Portuguese:cópia, plagiar, ...
- Chinese:复制粘贴, 无创意地复制, ...
- Japanese:コピペ, コピーして貼り付ける, ...
- Arabic:كُوبِي بِيْسْت, نَسَخَ وَلَصَقَ, ...
- Hebrew:הֶעֱתֵק־הַדְּבֵק, לְהַעְתִּיק, ...
- Russian:копипаст, копировать без оригинальности, ...
- Ukrainian:копіпаст, копіювати без оригінальності, ...
- Hindi:कॉपी-पेस्ट, नकल करना, ...
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