English Explanatory Dictionary

cut and paste

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To compose a document by piecing together components of other documents.
  2. To delete text or other data in one document and insert it in the same or a different one.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cut and paste.wav

Word forms

cut and paste cuts and pastes cutting and pasting cut and pasted

Related words

copy and paste clipboard copyright plagiarism

Derived words

cut-and-paste

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 複製粘貼 /复制粘贴 Esperanto: transpoŝigi German: ausschneiden und einfügen Spanish: cortar y pegar Spanish: cortapegar Turkish: kes yapıştır
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