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hardcopy

hardcopy is the alternative form of hard copy.

Meaning of hard copy

Noun

hard copy (plural hard copies)

  1. (retronym) A printed copy of a digital document, as opposed to a copy in electronic form.
    • But to the relief of those who prefer the print format, there are no plans to dispense with hard copies of the ERT. [European Rail Timetable]2021 September 22, John Potter tells Paul Stephen, “Your guide to Europe”, in RAIL, number 940, page 65
    Antonyms:
    soft copy

Forms of hardcopy

pluralhardcopies

Questions about hardcopy

What is hardcopy the alternative form of?
Hardcopy is the alternative form of hard copy.

Words near hardcopy in the dictionary

  1. hardcoded
  2. hardcodes
  3. hardcoding
  4. hardcodings
  5. hardcopies
  6. hardcopy
  7. hardcore
  8. hardcore breaks
  9. hardcore porn
  10. hardcore pornography
  11. hardcore punk

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hardcopy (page history and authors); hard 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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