Meanings
nounmicrocopy (countable and uncountable, plural microcopies)
plural microcopies
- countableA photocopy that is greatly reduced in size.
- uncountablebusinessVery short copy.
If your microcopy isn't getting the job done, you'll lose users—and all the marketing in the world might not get you a second chance.
2013, Smashing Magazine, Designing Better UX
verbmicrocopy (third-person singular simple present microcopies, present participle microcopying, simple past and past participle microcopied)
present singular third person microcopies · participle present microcopying · participle past microcopied · past microcopied
- transitiveTo copy (a document) at a greatly reduced size.
Origin
Translations
Finnish mikrojäljenne, mikrokopio
- mikrojäljennetype of photocopy
- mikrokopiotype of photocopy
- mikrokopioidato copy at a greatly reduced size
Polish mikrokopia, mikrokopiować
- mikrokopiatype of photocopy
- mikrokopiowaćto copy at a greatly reduced size
- zmikrokopiowaćto copy at a greatly reduced size
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APA
microcopy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microcopy
MLA
“microcopy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microcopy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microcopy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microcopy.
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