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copyrighting

copyrighting is the present participle and gerund of copyright.

Meaning of copyright

Verb

copyright (third-person singular simple present copyrights, present participle copyrighting, simple past and past participle copyrighted)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
    • Every book will be copyrighted that the publisher believes will have such a market as will justify him in going to the expense of copyrighting to prevent competition from other publishers.1907, United States Congress House. Committee on Appropriations, District of Columbia Appropriations, page 253
  2. (informal, nonstandard, transitive) To flag for copyright violation, to copystrike.
    • I won’t play this track, I don’t wanna get copyrighted.

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Questions about copyrighting

What is copyrighting the present participle and gerund of?
Copyrighting is the present participle and gerund of copyright.

Words near copyrighting in the dictionary

  1. copyrightables
  2. copyrightably
  3. copyrighted
  4. copyrighter
  5. copyrighters
  6. copyrighting
  7. copyrightless
  8. copyrights
  9. copyshop
  10. copyshops
  11. copystricken

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