soft copy

sɔft ˈkɑpi

soft copies

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Definition of soft copy - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

electronic storage

TECH.

information stored or displayed electronically

TECH.

The soft copy is available on the server.

technology

TECH.

digital version of a document or file

TECH.

Please send me a soft copy of the report.

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Expressions with soft

go soft

lose firmness or hardness

The bread will go soft if left out.

soft heart

kind and compassionate nature

She has a soft heart for animals.

soft touch

gentle and careful way of handling something

She has a soft touch with delicate flowers.

soft on

adj.

being lenient or not strict

The teacher is soft on late submissions.

be going soft

lose firmness or structure

The fruit is going soft.

be soft on

treat someone with leniency or gentleness

The teacher was soft on the students during exams.

Expressions with copy

carbon copy

person or thing very similar to another

She is a carbon copy of her mother.

copy down

record information from another source

He copied down the phone number from the advertisement.

copy out

reproduce text exactly from a source

She had to copy out the entire paragraph for her notes.

copy off

replicate someone's work without permission

He tried to copy off his friend's test answers.

copy that

exp.

indicates comprehension of instructions or information

Manager: Copy that, I'll start the project today.

make good copy

be interesting or suitable for writing articles or stories

Scandals often make good copy for newspapers.

Chinese copy

adj.

imitated product made in China

He bought a Chinese copy of a luxury watch online.

copy machine

machine that makes paper copies of documents

The office bought a new copy machine.

copy room

room designated for copy machines in offices or schools

She went to the copy room to print the reports.

copy shop

place where you can make copies of documents

I went to the copy shop to print my resume.

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impression material

medical

soft substance used to copy shapes of teeth or other body parts

Examples of soft copy in a sentence

The document is stored as a soft copy on the cloud.
I need a soft copy for my records.
The soft copy was easier to edit.

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French:version numérique, version électronique, ...
German:Softcopy, ...
Italian:copia digitale, versione digitale, ...
Spanish:copia digital, versión electrónica, ...
Portuguese:cópia digital, versão digital, ...
Chinese:电子版, 数字版, ...
Japanese:ソフトコピー, 電子版, ...
Arabic:نسخة إلكترونية, ...
Hebrew:עוֹתֶק דִיגִיטָלִי, עוֹתֶק אֶלֶקְטְרוֹנִי, ...
Russian:электронная копия, электронная версия, ...
Ukrainian:електронна копія, ...
Hindi:सॉफ्ट कॉपी, डिजिटल संस्करण, ...
Bengali:সফট কপি, ডিজিটাল কপি, ...
Catalan:còpia digital, versió digital, ...
Czech:elektronická kopie, elektronická verze, ...
Danish:digital kopi, ...
Dutch:digitale versie, ...
Greek:ηλεκτρονικό αρχείο, ηλεκτρονικό αντίγραφο, ...
Hungarian:digitális másolat, e-változat, ...
Khmer:ច្បាប់អេឡិចត្រូនិក, ច្បាប់ឌីជីថល, ...
Korean:소프트 카피, 디지털 문서, ...
Persian:نسخه دیجیتال, کپی دیجیتال, ...
Polish:kopia elektroniczna, ...
Portuguese (BR):cópia digital, ...
Romanian:copie electronică, ...
Swedish:digital kopia, digital version, ...
Thai:ไฟล์อิเล็กทรอนิกส์, สำเนาดิจิทัล, ...
Turkish:yumuşak kopya, elektronik kopya, ...
Vietnamese:bản mềm, bản điện tử, ...

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