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Copy And Paste Pronunciation
Copy And Paste is pronounced KAH-pee-uhnd-PAYST, IPA /ˈkɑpi ˈænd ˈpeɪst/.
KAH-pee-uhnd-PAYST
US /ˈkɑpi ˈænd ˈpeɪst/ · UK /ˈkɒpi ˈænd ˈpeɪst/
Syllables: KAH · pee · uhnd · PAYST (4 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
verb (phrase); also noun and adjective: To duplicate text or an image and place it somewhere else, or something produced that way.
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Copy And Paste in a Sentence
- Just copy and paste the address into the bar.
- The whole section is a copy and paste from the old report.
- She taught him to copy and paste in about a minute.
Common Mispronunciations of Copy And Paste
Not KAH-pee AND PAYST
The and in the middle is unstressed and usually reduces to uhnd or even n. Giving it a full vowel makes the phrase sound dictated.
Not KAH-pee uhnd PAST
Paste has the long ay of taste. A short a there gives passed.
Tip: Two peaks, at the start and the end, with everything between them squeezed: KAH-pee-uhnd-PAYST.
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