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# copier

noun (a copier, copiers)

«copier» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A copier is a machine that makes paper copies of documents and pictures; it is also called a photocopier. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copier/#m1)
2. A copier is a person who copies, especially someone who copies other people's work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copier/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copier/#x1)
- The copier ran out of paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copier/#x2)
- There is a paper jam in the copier. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copier/#x3)
- Dad uses the copier at work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copier/#x4)
- Nobody likes a copier in a test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copier/#x5)
- The library has a copier you can use. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copier/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «copier» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copier/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«copier» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/copier.html) on Mova free.