copyrighted
SayKO-pee-ryt-id/ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪtɪd/UK/ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪtɪd/
- 1Protected by copyright law, so people cannot copy or use it without permission.
Like a toy that belongs to someone else: you have to ask before you use it.
The song is copyrighted, so you can't post it online without asking.
She used a copyrighted image and got a warning from the website.
Similarprotected, proprietary
Oppositeuncopyrighted, free
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- 2Past tense and past participle of copyright. Use this form for something that was already given copyright protection.
The studio copyrighted every song on the album.
She has copyrighted all of her photographs.
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copyrighted is a form of copyright
copyright, verb: To get legal protection for a book, song, or picture you made, so others cannot copy it. Full entry
- Forms
- copyrightcopyrights he/she/itcopyrighting -ing formcopyrighted past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- copyright → copyrighted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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