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copyright

B1 Topic:Law & Government
US /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/ UK /ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪt/
Freq #16596

Meanings

  1. 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.

  2. 2
    verb

    To officially protect a work so others cannot copy it without permission.

    Did you copyright your manuscript before sending it out?

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Word family
Forms copyrightedcopyrightingcopyrights
Derived forms anticopyrightcopyfightercopyfreecopyleftcopyreichcopyrightabilitycopyrightablecopyrightercopyrightlesscopystrikerecopyrightuncopyrightability
Related forms copyfightcopyleftcopywrong

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Etymology

From copy + right.

Topics

Law & Government

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