Meaning of "facsimile" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FACSIMILE

From Latin fac simile! make something like it!, from facere to make + similis similar, like.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF FACSIMILE

facsimile  [fækˈsɪmɪlɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FACSIMILE

Facsimile is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb facsimile in English.

WHAT DOES FACSIMILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Facsimile

A facsimile (from Latin fac simile ('make alike'), a spelling that remained in currency until the late 19th century) is a copy or reproduction of an old book, manuscript, map, art print, or other item of historical value that is as true to the original source as possible. It differs from other forms of reproduction by attempting to replicate the source as accurately as possible in terms of scale, color, condition, and other material qualities. For books and manuscripts, this also entails a complete copy of all pages; hence, an incomplete copy is a "partial facsimile". Facsimiles are sometimes used by scholars to research a source that they do not have access to otherwise, and by museums and archives for media preservation and conservation. Many are sold commercially, often accompanied by a volume of commentary. They may be produced in limited editions, typically of 500–2,000 copies, and cost the equivalent of a few thousand United States dollars.

Definition of facsimile in the English dictionary

The first definition of facsimile in the dictionary is an exact copy or reproduction. Other definition of facsimile is an image produced by facsimile transmission. Facsimile is also to make an exact copy of.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FACSIMILE

PRESENT

Present

I facsimile

you facsimile

he/she/it facsimiles

we facsimile

you facsimile

they facsimile

Present continuous

I am facsimiling

you are facsimiling

he/she/it is facsimiling

we are facsimiling

you are facsimiling

they are facsimiling

Present perfect

I have facsimiled

you have facsimiled

he/she/it has facsimiled

we have facsimiled

you have facsimiled

they have facsimiled

Present perfect continuous

I have been facsimiling

you have been facsimiling

he/she/it has been facsimiling

we have been facsimiling

you have been facsimiling

they have been facsimiling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I facsimiled

you facsimiled

he/she/it facsimiled

we facsimiled

you facsimiled

they facsimiled

Past continuous

I was facsimiling

you were facsimiling

he/she/it was facsimiling

we were facsimiling

you were facsimiling

they were facsimiling

Past perfect

I had facsimiled

you had facsimiled

he/she/it had facsimiled

we had facsimiled

you had facsimiled

they had facsimiled

Past perfect continuous

I had been facsimiling

you had been facsimiling

he/she/it had been facsimiling

we had been facsimiling

you had been facsimiling

they had been facsimiling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will facsimile

you will facsimile

he/she/it will facsimile

we will facsimile

you will facsimile

they will facsimile

Future continuous

I will be facsimiling

you will be facsimiling

he/she/it will be facsimiling

we will be facsimiling

you will be facsimiling

they will be facsimiling

Future perfect

I will have facsimiled

you will have facsimiled

he/she/it will have facsimiled

we will have facsimiled

you will have facsimiled

they will have facsimiled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been facsimiling

you will have been facsimiling

he/she/it will have been facsimiling

we will have been facsimiling

you will have been facsimiling

they will have been facsimiling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would facsimile

you would facsimile

he/she/it would facsimile

we would facsimile

you would facsimile

they would facsimile

Conditional continuous

I would be facsimiling

you would be facsimiling

he/she/it would be facsimiling

we would be facsimiling

you would be facsimiling

they would be facsimiling

Conditional perfect

I would have facsimile

you would have facsimile

he/she/it would have facsimile

we would have facsimile

you would have facsimile

they would have facsimile

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been facsimiling

you would have been facsimiling

he/she/it would have been facsimiling

we would have been facsimiling

you would have been facsimiling

they would have been facsimiling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you facsimile
we let´s facsimile
you facsimile

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to facsimile

Past participle

facsimiled

Present Participle

facsimiling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «FACSIMILE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «facsimile» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of facsimile

carbon · carbon copy · copy · duplicate · fax · photocopy · print · replica · reproduction · transcript · Xerox

TRANSLATION OF FACSIMILE

Find out the translation of facsimile to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of facsimile from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «facsimile» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 传真
• Translator English - Spanish: facsímil
• English: facsimile
• Translator English - Hindi: प्रतिकृति
• Translator English - Arabic: الفاكس
• Translator English - Russian: факсимиле
• Translator English - Portuguese: fac-símile
• Translator English - Bengali: অনুলিপি
• Translator English - French: télécopie
• Translator English - Malay: Faksimili
• Translator English - German: Faksimile
• Translator English - Japanese: ファクシミリ
• Translator English - Korean: 팩스
• Translator English - Javanese: Faksimile
• Translator English - Vietnamese: fax
• Translator English - Tamil: தொலைநகல்
• Translator English - Marathi: प्रतिकृती
• Translator English - Turkish: kopya
• Translator English - Italian: facsimile
• Translator English - Polish: faksymile
• Translator English - Ukrainian: факсиміле
• Translator English - Romanian: fax
• Translator English - Greek: τηλεομοιοτυπίας
• Translator English - Afrikaans: faks
• Translator English - Swedish: faksimil
• Translator English - Norwegian: faksimile

5 QUOTES WITH «FACSIMILE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word facsimile.

1

Ted Allen

The best way to learn is live, in person, cooking, feeling, smelling and tasting, but TV is the second-best thing to that; it's a halfway facsimile.

2

Anderson Cooper

I tend to relate more to people on television who are just themselves, for good or for bad, than I do to someone who I believe is putting on some sort of persona. The anchorman on 'The Simpsons' is a reasonable facsimile of some anchors who have that problem.

3

Tama Janowitz

I felt my whole life was a facsimile of a life.

4

Susie Orbach

There are so many young women who tip over into being a facsimile: they don't really inhabit their lives or their bodies.

5

Robert Rauschenberg

Very quickly a painting is turned into a facsimile of itself when one becomes so familiar with with it that one recognizes it without looking at it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FACSIMILE»

Discover the use of facsimile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to facsimile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Waste Land: A Facsimile and Transcript of the Original ...

Biographical material accompanies reproductions of T. S. Eliot's original manuscript and notes

Thomas Stearns Eliot, Valerie Eliot, 1974

The book of Abraham

Chronicling nearly two thousand years of history, this panoramic saga follows the destiny of Abraham, a Jewish scribe, and his descendants from the burning of Jerusalem under the Romans to the 1943 battle of the Warsaw ghetto

Marek Halter, 1987

The Geneva Bible: A Facsimile of the 1560 Edition

Beautifully bound and designed to last a lifetime, a reproduction of a sixteenth-century Bible, originally produced by fellow English Puritans in the Protestant city of Geneva, will be cherished by Bible collectors and anyone interested in ...

‎2007

The Annotated Origin: A Facsimile of the First Edition of On ...

Presents Darwin's masterwork on evolution with extensive annotations by an experienced field biologist.

Charles Darwin, 2009

The New Testament: a facsimile of the 1526 edition

Facsimile reprint of the first English translation from Greek of the New Testament.

William Tyndale, David Daniell, 2008

Betty Crocker Party Cookbook, Facsimile Edition

Complete with craft ideas (such as how to make a gilded fruit centerpiece) and entertaining advice ("What Makes a Hostess Famous?"), this facsimile edition is a charming snapshot of life in a more innocent era--and a perfect gift.

Betty Crocker, 2009

The Extraordinary Dance Book T B. 1826: An Anonymous ...

This facsimile edition is of a hitherto unpublished manuscript, a beautiful workbook of impeccable penmanship by an early nineteenth-century dancing master. The title page reads "Dance Book T B. 1826".

Elizabeth Aldrich, Sandra Noll Hammond, Armand Russell, 2000

Stravinsky's Pulcinella: A Facsimile of the Sources and Sketches

This volume contains all of the known musical sources and sketches for Stravinsky¿s Pulcinella (1919-1920) representing over 250 facsimile pages from the combined holdings of the Paul Sacher Stiftung (Basel) and the British Library ...

Maureen A. Carr, Igor Stravinsky, 2010

FAX: facsimile technology and systems

Now in its third edition, this book on fax technology and standards has been substantially revised and updated to include the latest advancements in this fast-changing field, including Group 3 and Group 4 fax.

Kenneth R. McConnell, Dennis Bodson, Stephen Urban, 1999

Jane Eyre [Facsimile Edition]

Having grown up an orphan in the home of her cruel aunt and at a harsh charity school, Jane Eyre becomes an independent and spirited survivor qualities that serve her well as governess at Thornfield Hall.

Charlotte Bronte, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FACSIMILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term facsimile is used in the context of the following news items.

Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman 'most ordered since Harry Potter'

Jean Louise Finch is described as having "turned from an overalled, fractious, gun-slinging creature into a reasonable facsimile of a human ... «BBC News, Jul 15»

Colorado Avalanche, Detroit Red Wings & San Jose Sharks came …

Perhaps Schultz, Klefbom, Sekera and Nurse can provide some kind of reasonable facsimile of those Chicago pairings as their games grow ... «Edmonton Journal, Jul 15»

New Britain police blotter

Javier Burgos-Rodriguez, 22, of 418 Farmington Ave., was charged July 8 with breach of peace, brandishing a facsimile firearm and loitering. «Newbritainherald, Jul 15»

Amy review: A poignant portrait of Amy Winehouse's talent, an elegy …

But she was far more than a facsimile. Her songs were infused with an authenticity and pathos that didn't just stand out from most commercial ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»

Eye on Art: Museum Members unite for annual show

The facsimile is also a reference to the Guy Harvey show upstairs that runs through Aug. 9. And finally, a note from our artist friends in Santa ... «Pensacola News Journal, Jul 15»

Atara Bio Announces Pricing of Its $180.0 Million Offering of …

... New York, New York 10282, by telephone at [phone], by facsimile at [phone], or by email at [e-mail], ... «GlobeNewswire, Jul 15»

The newspaper-themed hotel is open, and it's just too much

... that the boutique inn has doubled down on its commitment to providing its guests with a romantic facsimile of the newspaper experience. «Poynter.org, Jul 15»

Yodeling Country Man Charms Stressed City Dwellers on Live Ad in …

"[Or maybe just a computerized facsimile of one]." Get the The AdFreak Daily newsletter: Thanks for signing up! Check your inbox for a ... «Adweek, Jul 15»

Dwight Dudley calls for independent commission to redraw Florida …

“For far too long, we have had a poor facsimile of democracy in the State of Florida,” the House District 68 representative said today in a ... «SaintPetersBlog, Jul 15»

Hey, St. Louis: Stupid Is As Stupid Does

... to many of the city's leading executives is a strategic facsimile campaign; and we allow labor unions to slow the influx of international workers ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»