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uncopy

uncopy verb: to undo a copy.

Verb

uncopy (third-person singular simple present uncopies, present participle uncopying, simple past and past participle uncopied)

  1. To undo a copy.
    • On the other hand, if there is an excess of free pyrophosphates over triphosphates, the reaction will tend to run the wrong way, and we'll be uncopying and ruining our copy.2023, Tony Hey, Feynman Lectures on Computation: Anniversary Edition, pages 5-21

Forms of uncopy

third-person singular presentuncopies
present participleuncopying
past participleuncopied
pastuncopied

Origin of uncopy

From un- + copy.

Questions about uncopy

What does uncopy mean?
Uncopy means to undo a copy.
What part of speech is uncopy?
Uncopy is a verb.
What is the past tense of uncopy?
The past tense of uncopy is uncopied.

Words near uncopy in the dictionary

  1. uncopies
  2. uncoping
  3. uncopious
  4. uncoplike
  5. uncoppiced
  6. uncopy
  7. uncopyable
  8. uncopyedited
  9. uncopying
  10. uncopyrightability
  11. uncopyrightable

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