copyright B1 Topic:Law & Government US /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/ UK /ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪt/ See IPA manual Freq #16596 Meanings 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 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 Common collocations copyright infringement Noun + noun Etymology From copy + right. Topics Law & Government External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # copyright **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪt/ **Frequency rank:** 16596 ## Meanings 1. The legal right to control who can copy, publish, and sell a creative work. 2. To officially protect a work so others cannot copy it without permission. ## Examples - The artist lost the copyright to her songs when she signed the contract. - Did you copyright your manuscript before sending it out? ## Derived Forms - anticopyright - copyfighter - copyfree - copyleft - copyreich - copyrightability - copyrightable - copyrighter - copyrightless - copystrike - recopyright - uncopyrightability ## Related Forms - copyfight - copyleft - copywrong ## Etymology From copy + right. ## Topics - Law & Government markdown