copy-paste

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copy-paste

noun copy-pastes · copy/paste · copypaste · copy and paste · copy-and-paste

countable, uncountable The action of duplicating (text, an object, etc.) by copying it and later pasting somewhere else. Paragraphs, images or diagrams are frequently assembled manually by copy-paste actions.
countable, informal, uncountable Material incorporated into another work with minimal or no changes. The interesting fact, however, is that the Regulation takes as a model, or better to say it is mostly a copy-paste of the text, of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods rather than being adjusted to the needs of Kosovo.
countable, uncountable An idea, design, or action lacks originality, as if it was simply duplicated from somewhere else.
countable, uncountable A clone of something, figuratively or otherwise.

verb copy-pastes · copy-pasting · copy-pasted · copy/paste · copypaste

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.

adjective more copy-paste · most copy-paste · copy/paste · copypaste · copy and paste · copy-and-paste

informal Identical or very similar, as though copied and pasted.

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noun action of duplicating by copying and later pasting

Español	copia y pega, copipega, copia y pegado
日本語	コピペ kopipe
Français	copier-coller, copié-collé

noun material incorporated into another work with minimal or no changes

Español	copipega
Français	copié-collé

verb to copy and paste

Español	copipegar
한국어	복붙하다 bokbuthada
日本語	コピペする kopipe suru
Português	copiar e colar
Français	copier-coller
Deutsch	kopieren und einfügen
Italiano	copincollare
Русский	копипа́стить kopipástitʹ, скопипа́стить skopipástitʹ
العربية	نسخ ولصق

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@misc{copy_paste_2026,
  title = {copy-paste},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/copy-paste},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}