facsimile

UK: /fækˈsɪmɪli/ US: /fækˈsɪməli/ ,(fak sim′ə lē)

Inflections of 'facsimile' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

facsimiles

v 3rd person singular

facsimileing

v pres p

facsimiled

v past

facsimiled

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

fac•sim•i•le /fækˈsɪməli/   n. 

[countable]
1. an exact copy, such as of a book, painting, or manuscript:
   a facsimile of the Declaration of Independence.
2. Telecommunications fax.

See -fac-, -simil-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

fac•sim•i•le  (fak sim′ə lē), n., v., -led, -le•ing, adj. 
n. 

1. an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.
2. Telecommunications Also called fax. 
   • a method or device for transmitting documents, drawings, photographs, or the like, by means of radio or telephone for exact reproduction elsewhere.
   • an image transmitted by such a method.
3. dropout (def. 5).

v.t. 

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

adj. 

5. Telecommunications Also, fax. 
   • (of an image) copied by means of facsimile:
     facsimile mail.
   • (of a method or device) used to produce a facsimile:
     facsimile transmission.

• 1655–65; earlier fac simile make the like, equivalent. to Latin fac (imperatire. of facere) + simile, noun, nominal use of neuter of similis like; see simile

Synonyms

• 1. replica, likeness.
• 1, 4. duplicate.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

facsimile / fækˈsɪmɪlɪ/ noun

1. an exact copy or reproduction
2. an image produced by facsimile transmission

verb ( -les, -leing, -led)

1. (transitive) to make an exact copy of

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin fac simile! make something like it!, from facere to make + similis similar, like