Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A printed copy, especially of the output of a computer or word processor.
Wiktionary
- n. A printed copy of a digital document, as opposed to a copy in electronic form.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (computer science) matter that is held in a computer and is typed or printed on paper
Examples
“At first, he denied writing the note, but when Fleitz confronted him with the hard copy of an email containing it, he became flustered and began to argue about what he had done.”
“He printed out a hard copy on his laser printer and had Thom tape it up next to the crash-site-scene evidence board.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘hard copy’.
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ENVI - Collocations HIJKL
habitable climate, habitable space, habitat alteration, habitat destruction, habitat diversity, habitat fragmenta..., habitat of organisms, habitat of the bi..., habitat protection, habitat requirement, habitat selection, habitat structure and 3456 more...
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WF - retronyms
Once new generation technologies make the original products obsolete, the latter soon need an adjective in front...
For the most part ADJ+NOUN collocations where the ADJ refers to a pr...analog clock, analog synthesizer, analog watch, analog recording, conventional oven, conventional weapon, conventional airp..., conventional land..., conventional memory, conventional war, iPod classic, traditional Chine... and 197 more...
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Retronyms
Technology, politics, advertising, and other nefarious agents of change render innocent words ambiguous. How do we cope? Retronyms.
rotary phone, land line, free ear, acoustic guitar, whole milk, handwritten manus..., snail mail, analog watch, biological parent, birth mother, hand mixer, organic produce and 10 more...
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