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facsimile

American  
[fak-sim-uh-lee] / fækˈsɪm ə li /

noun

  1. an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.

    Synonyms:
    duplicate, likeness, replica

  2. Also called fax.  Telecommunications.

    1. a method or device for transmitting documents, drawings, photographs, or the like, by means of radio or telephone for exact reproduction elsewhere.

    2. an image transmitted by such a method.

  3. dropout.

verb (used with object)

facsimiled, facsimileing

  1. to reproduce in facsimile; make a facsimile of.

    Synonyms:
    duplicate

adjective

  1. Telecommunications. Also

    1. (of an image) copied by means of facsimile.

      facsimile mail.

    2. (of a method or device) used to produce a facsimile.

      facsimile transmission.
facsimile British  
/ fækˈsɪmɪlɪ /

noun

    1. an exact copy or reproduction

    2. ( as modifier )

      a facsimile publication

  2. an image produced by facsimile transmission

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verb

  1. (tr) to make an exact copy of

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Etymology

Origin of facsimile

1655–65; earlier fac simile make the like, equivalent to Latin fac (imperative of facere ) + simile, noun use of neuter of similis like; simile

Example Sentences

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But in the meantime, seasonal enthusiasm for the house could be satisfied by a gingerbread facsimile thereof that was open to the public in Hollywood.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

Recently I received the gift of “Louis I. Kahn: The Last Notebook,” a facsimile edition of the great architect’s final sketches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Newquay's Concrete Waves skatepark, with its tiled edges and concrete coping, is "mellow facsimile", said Mr Bishop.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2025

The chief complaint about pet parenting seems to be that it wastes valuable love that could go to a human child on a fuzzy facsimile of one, as though companionship is a zero-sum proposition.

From Salon • Jun. 16, 2025

Beside her was a facsimile of his father, constructed from the morning suit he’d worn on that glorious day in Christchurch Cathedral fourteen years ago.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

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