Meaning & use
photostatic copy
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Meaning
nouncountable
A duplicate of a document or picture made by a machine that photographs the original and prints the image.
Grammar: Countable: attach a photostatic copy, or two photostatic copies.
Patterns
- a photostatic copy of something
- submit a photostatic copy
Applicants must attach a photostatic copy of their birth certificate to the form.
The clerk kept the original and handed me a photostatic copy.
Please bring a photostatic copy of your passport to the office.
Word forms
| plural | photostatic copies |
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Common combinations
- attach a photostatic copy
- Attach a photostatic copy of your degree certificate.
- certified photostatic copy
- A certified photostatic copy is accepted instead of the original.
- submit a photostatic copy
- You may submit a photostatic copy by post.
- a photostatic copy of the deed
- The lawyer filed a photostatic copy of the deed.
- make a photostatic copy
- Could you make a photostatic copy of this letter for the file?
Synonyms and how they differ
- photocopy
- It is the normal everyday word, while photostatic copy sounds official and dated.
- xerox
- This is a brand name used as a general word, mainly in American and Indian English, and is more casual.
- duplicate
- It can mean any exact copy, not necessarily one made by a copier.
- facsimile
- It stresses an exact reproduction and is more formal and technical.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: photostatic copy or photographic copy?
photostatic copy vs photographic copy
A photographic copy is a picture taken with a camera, while a photostatic copy is made on a copying machine.
Practice
A government form asks you to attach a photostatic copy of your ID. What should you send?
Choose one answer.
A photostatic copy is a duplicate made by a copying machine. You would keep the original, and a note or portrait is not a copy of the document.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “photostatic copy”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.