copying machine

collocation in English

meaningsofcopyandmachine

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copy
noun
uk
/ˈkɒp.i/us
/ˈkɑː.pi/
something that has been made to be exactly like ...
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machine
noun[C]
uk
/məˈʃiːn/us
/məˈʃiːn/
a piece of equipment with several moving parts that uses power to do a particular type ...
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(Definition ofcopyandmachinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcopying machine

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We can print the second on the same paper as the first, or use thecopyingmachinethis way.
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Are we expected to crowd around thecopyingmachinebefore—or, worse, during—the debate?
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There was not a computer in sight and not even acopyingmachine.
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Could the term "copying" implycopyingmachine-readable data or copying by putting the file on to a printer?
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The feeling is that members should be responsible just as if they were operating acopyingmachineat home.
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There is a great deal to be looked at, particularly since the advent of the moderncopyingmachine.
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I think of the years it took us to get a secondcopyingmachineinstalled.
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What will happen to thiscopyingmachineduring the recess?
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I cannot see any difference between taking a document, and putting it through acopyingmachineand having a copy of it.
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All the local authority has to do is to compile an index and possess acopyingmachine.
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We will get them done in thecopyingmachine.
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He will like this—it consisted of 25 sheets of paper, because they went a bit mad with their posters on thecopyingmachine.
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There is usually only onecopyingmachinethere, and they could hold things up.
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It will be up to the member of the public to take the copy and to pay the local authority for it, if they use acopyingmachine.
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It would be enough to have a proviso near thecopyingmachinegiving guidance about the infringement of copyright and about the misuse of the machine.
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The pains induced by this laborious copying hardened his resolve to find a way to build a truecopyingmachine.
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The most important quality is smooth run in acopyingmachine/ printer and good dimensional stability.
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He had used an amanuensis and an early version of acopyingmachineto make it quicker and easier for him to respond.
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Another one of his patents was for a polygraph, an earlycopyingmachinethat operated by using pens connected by wires.
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