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carbon copying

carbon copying is the present participle and gerund of carbon copy.

Meaning of carbon copy

Verb

carbon copy (third-person singular simple present carbon copies, present participle carbon copying, simple past and past participle carbon copied)

  1. (transitive) To create a carbon copy of.
    • Please carbon copy this contract for our records.
  2. (Internet) To send a duplicate copy of an email to.
    Synonyms:
    cc

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Questions about carbon copying

What is carbon copying the present participle and gerund of?
Carbon copying is the present participle and gerund of carbon copy.

Words near carbon copying in the dictionary

  1. carbon chauvinists
  2. carbon chloride
  3. carbon copied
  4. carbon copies
  5. carbon copy
  6. carbon copying
  7. carbon cost
  8. carbon costs
  9. Carbon County
  10. carbon credit
  11. carbon credits

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carbon copying (page history and authors); carbon copy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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