copier

«copier» in Mova's school dictionary: a machine that makes paper copies of documents and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a copier, copiers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A copier is a machine that makes paper copies of documents and pictures; it is also called a photocopier. tree →

2) A copier is a person who copies, especially someone who copies other people's work. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school offices a copier makes worksheets for the whole class. In lessons on honesty, being a copier means copying a neighbour's answers. Phrases: the copier is jammed, use the copier, a paper jam.

examples

• The teacher made thirty copies on the copier. tree →
• The copier ran out of paper. tree →
• There is a paper jam in the copier. tree →
• Dad uses the copier at work. tree →
• Nobody likes a copier in a test. tree →
• The library has a copier you can use. tree →

note

Countable: a copier, copiers. Spelling: copy + er, y becomes i. «Photocopier» is common in British English; Americans also say «copy machine».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «copier» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.