COPYRIGHT
Dictionary entry overview: What does copyright mean?
• COPYRIGHT (noun)
The noun COPYRIGHT has 1 sense:
1. a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
Familiarity information: COPYRIGHT used as a noun is very rare.
• COPYRIGHT (verb)
The verb COPYRIGHT has 1 sense:
1. secure a copyright on a written work
Familiarity information: COPYRIGHT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• COPYRIGHT (noun)
Meaning:
A document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
copyright; right of first publication
Hypernyms ("copyright" is a kind of...):
legal right (a right based in law)
document; papers; written document (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))
• COPYRIGHT (verb)
Meaning:
Secure a copyright on a written work
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
did you copyright your manuscript?
Hypernyms (to "copyright" is one way to...):
procure; secure (get by special effort)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence examples:
Sam and Sue copyright the movie
They will copyright the duet
