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soft copy

soft copy noun: a digital copy of a document, rather than a copy printed on paper.

Noun

soft copy (plural soft copies)

  1. A digital copy of a document, rather than a copy printed on paper.
    Antonyms:
    hard copy

soft copy meaning in Tamil, Indonesian and Thai

soft copy in Tamil

மென்படி

soft copy in Indonesian

digital copy of a document
salinan digital, salinan lunak, salinan elektronik

soft copy in Thai

digital copy of a document
สำเนาชั่วคราว, ฉบับไม่พิมพ์, สำเนาอิเล็กทรอนิกส์

Antonyms of soft copy

Forms of soft copy

pluralsoft copies
alternative formsoftcopy

Origin of soft copy

From soft + copy, attributed to American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist Ted Nelson.

Questions about soft copy

What does soft copy mean?
Soft copy means a digital copy of a document, rather than a copy printed on paper.
What is soft copy in Tamil?
Soft copy in Tamil is மென்படி. See Soft copy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is soft copy?
Soft copy is a noun.
What is the plural of soft copy?
The plural of soft copy is soft copies.

Words near soft copy in the dictionary

  1. soft cheeses
  2. soft coal
  3. Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
  4. Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers
  5. soft copies
  6. soft copy
  7. soft coral
  8. soft corals
  9. soft corner
  10. soft corners
  11. soft count

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Adapted from Wiktionary: soft copy (page history and authors); soft copy (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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