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Xerox is not a verb and the Xerox Corporation actively discourages its use in that way.
Xerox is a trade mark and a shortened form of the company name, Xerox Corporation. Its use as a generic term for all copying machines is part of a general process whereby proper names are transformed into common nouns, sometimes losing their capital letters in the process. This has been going on for a long time (e.g. "shylock"), and is often applied to modern era trademarks. Similar cases are "coke" and "kleenex," both of which are beginning to be found in formal prose.
Some people also use 'xerox' informally in place of the verb "to copy" or "to photocopy." This is an example of a linguistic process sometimes called "zero derivation," whereby one part of speech is converted into another without some kind of ending. English has done this sort of thing frequently in the past few centuries--e.g. "watch" or "kill" in some meanings. A more recent example of this applied to a trademark is "Google." When such usages fill a gap, they are likely to become acceptable in formal prose at some point.
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Yeah it a Verb it means Copy (A document)
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What do Xerox people do?
Xerox people are people who are employed by the Xerox Corporation. There are so many different things these people do that it is not possible to list them all here.
Is Anne Mulcahy still with Xerox?
Ann Mulcahy retired from Xerox Corporation in 2009.
What does it mean 'you are about to delivered of a baby xerox machine'?
The phrase "you are about to delivered of a baby xerox machine" is someone's cute way of announcing that a photocopy machine will be delivered soon.
The sphere of connectivity design- which companys logo?
xerox
Does Xerox still sell photocopies?
Xerox Corporation never sold copies, but did and does still sell photocopy machines. The company also does a lot of other things these days.
What part of speech is xerox?
Xerox can be used as a verb and a noun.
What is a verb that starts with a x?
axelery
What is the meaning of Xerox?
The word Xerox is short for the Xerox Corporation and is also a trademark for that corporation. As an adjective it can also be used to reference a particular product marketed by Xerox Corporation or its affiliate, Fuji Xerox Corporation. The word is used incorrectly by some as a verb to mean "make a copy," but as a trademark the word is a proper noun and not a verb.
What is a verb that starts with an x?
· x-ray · xerox
What are verb that begin with x?
· x-ray · xerox
What word is a verb and starts with x?
The word Xerox is used as a verb. It means to make a copy.
Is xerox an adjective?
The word "xerox" is a proper noun and a trademark. Xerox is short for the company name, Xerox Corporation, and can also used to refer to a machine made by Xerox Corporation or the product of such a machine. It is incorrect to use Xerox as a verb or as a generic term. The proper generic terms are "copy" and "photocopy."
A verb beginning with x?
x-ray· x-ray· xerox
What are the two meanings of Xerox?
Xerox is short for the legal name of the company, Xerox Corporation. Xerox is also a registered trademark owned by the Xerox Corporation and use to refer to the products of that company. Xerox is also an adjective used to describe a product of the Xerox Corporation. The word is sometimes incorrectly used as a verb or common noun in place of the correct generic terms "copy" or "photocopy."
Does xerox means printout of a document?
Xerox is a company best known for its photocopying technology. As a verb, it is often used informally to mean making a photocopy of a document, but technically it refers to the act of copying using a Xerox machine.
What verbs begin with X?
Two verbs that begin with X are to x-ray and to xerox.Note that "xerox" is a verb created from the name of the company that developed the office photocopier.
How do you spell xerox?
The word Xerox is a company name and registered trademark and is correctly written with the first letter capitalized. It is sometimes colloquially used as a verb meaning to photocopy, or as a noun for a photocopied page.
