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      • facsimile noun [ C ] uk / fækˈsɪm. ə l.i / us / fækˈsɪm. ə l.i / Add to word list an exact copy, especially of a document: facsimile of a facsimile of the original manuscript
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  2. us / fækˈsɪm·ə·li / Add to word list. an exact copy, esp. of a document. A facsimile is also a fax.

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      us / fækˈsɪm·ə·li / Add to word list. an exact copy, esp. of...

  3. us / fækˈsɪm·ə·li / Add to word list. an exact copy, esp. of a document. A facsimile is also a fax. (Definition of facsimile from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

  4. 1. an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript. 2. Also called: fax Telecommunications. a. a method or device for transmitting documents, drawings, photographs, or the like, by means of radio or telephone for exact reproduction elsewhere. b. an image transmitted by such a method.

  5. Fac simile is a Latin phrase meaning “make alike.”. English speakers began using facsimile to mean “an exact copy” in the late 1600s. In this sense, a facsimile might be a handwritten or hand-drawn copy, or even a copy of a painting or statue. (Today, we also use the phrase “a reasonable facsimile” for a copy that is fairly close ...

  6. 1. an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript. 2. fax. v.t. 3. to reproduce in facsimile; make a facsimile of. [1655–65; fac simile make the like]

  7. Definition of facsimile noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. facsimile / fækˈsɪmɪlɪ / n. an exact copy or reproduction; an image produced by facsimile transmission; vb (-les, -leing, -led) (transitive) to make an exact copy of; Etymology: 17 th Century: from Latin fac simile! make something like it!, from facere to make + similis similar, like

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