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COPYRIGHT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does copyright mean?
• COPYRIGHT (noun)
The noun COPYRIGHT has 1 sense:
1. a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
Familiarity information: COPYRIGHT used as a noun is very rare.
• COPYRIGHT (verb)
The verb COPYRIGHT has 1 sense:
1. secure a copyright on a written work
Familiarity information: COPYRIGHT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
copyright; right of first publication
Hypernyms ("copyright" is a kind of...):
legal right (a right based in law)
document; papers; written document (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))
Derivation:
copyright (secure a copyright on a written work)
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it copyrights Past simple: copyrighted
Past participle: copyrighted
-ing form: copyrighting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Secure a copyright on a written work
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
did you copyright your manuscript?
Hypernyms (to "copyright" is one way to...):
procure; secure (get by special effort)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence examples:
Sam and Sue copyright the movie
They will copyright the duet
Derivation:
copyright (a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work)
Context examples
The legal permission to use the work of an individual's original creation, such as trademarks, copyrights, patents, proprietary technologies and images.
(Intellectual Property Rights, NCI Thesaurus)
Brief Pain Inventory Short Form (BPI2) (copyright 1991 Charles S. Cleeland, PhD, Pain Research Group, All Right Reserved).
(Brief Pain Inventory Short Form Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) (copyright 1991 Charles S. Cleeland, PhD, Pain Research Group, All Right Reserved).
(Brief Pain Inventory Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) (copyright University of Michigan, 2000, All rights reserved).
(Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM) (copyright 2010 Inflexxion, Inc., All rights reserved).
(Current Opioid Misuse Measure Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A standardized rating scale developed and copyrighted by Inflexxicon, Inc. which is used to aid clinicians in determining if a patient may be improperly using opioids for the treatment of pain.
(Current Opioid Misuse Measure Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)
A standardized survey developed and copyrighted by Kelly Posner and colleagues with The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene in 2008 which is used to evaluate a patient's suicidal tendencies at a subsequent visit.
(Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale Since Last Visit Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)
A standardized survey developed and copyrighted by Kelly Posner and colleagues with The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene in 2008 which is used to evaluate a patient's suicidal tendencies.
(Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale Baseline Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)
Copyright 2011 University of Washington.
(Functional Activities Questionnaire-NACC Version, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A standardized survey originally developed and copyrighted by Charles S. Cleeland in 1991 which is used to evaluate the severity of a patient's pain and the impact that their pain has on their daily activities.
(Brief Pain Inventory Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)
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