verb
noun
Freq #16596
Meanings
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1
noun
The legal right to control who can copy, publish, and sell a creative work.
The artist lost the copyright to her songs when she signed the contract.
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2
verb
To officially protect a work so others cannot copy it without permission.
Did you copyright your manuscript before sending it out?
Thesaurus
Word family
Forms
copyrightedcopyrightingcopyrights
Derived forms
anticopyrightcopyfightercopyfreecopyleftcopyreichcopyrightabilitycopyrightablecopyrightercopyrightlesscopystrikerecopyrightuncopyrightability
Related forms
copyfightcopyleftcopywrong
Etymology
From copy + right.