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copypaste

copypaste is the alternative form of copy-paste.

Meaning of copy-paste

Verb

copy-paste (third-person singular simple present copy-pastes, present participle copy-pasting, simple past and past participle copy-pasted)

  1. (transitive) To copy (text, an object, etc.) and later paste it somewhere else.
    • It can be useful to copy-paste frames to transfer a sequence from the main timeline to the timeline of a clip symbol.2004, Corinne Hervo, Straight to the Point: Flash 5, Firewall Media, →ISBN

See all 6 meanings of copy-paste

Forms of copypaste

third-person singular presentcopypastes
present participlecopypasting
past participlecopypasted
pastcopypasted

Questions about copypaste

What is copypaste the alternative form of?
Copypaste is the alternative form of copy-paste.

Words near copypaste in the dictionary

  1. copyparty
  2. copypasta
  3. copypastaed
  4. copypastaing
  5. copypastas
  6. copypaste
  7. copypasted
  8. copypastes
  9. copypasting
  10. copypasto
  11. copypastos

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