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COPYRIGHT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work

Synonyms:

copyright; right of first publication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Secure a copyright on a written work

Example:

did you copyright your manuscript?

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

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)

Credits

 Context examples: 

NEUROLOGY 1996;47: 129-139). (Questionnaires and all related subscales, translations, and adaptations ('FACIT System') are owned and copyrighted by David Cella, Ph.D. The ownership and copyright of the FACIT System resides strictly with Dr. Cella.

(Functional Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Copyright 2004 American College of Rheumatology.

(Health Assessment Questionnaire-II, NCI Thesaurus)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Already Enrolled Subjects Version 1/14/2009 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale Already Enrolled Subjects Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A standardized rating scale originally developed and copyrighted by Mickie Welsh and The Parkinson Study Group in 1996 then released for publication in the journal Movement Disorders in 2003 which is used to assist the clinician in evaluating the degree to which the patient's Parkinson's disease symptoms interfere with their quality of life.

(Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

All that he was and was not, all that he had done and most of what he had not done, was spread out for the delectation of the public, accompanied by snapshots and photographs—the latter procured from the local photographer who had once taken Martin's picture and who promptly copyrighted it and put it on the market.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Children's Baseline Version 6/23/2010 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale Children's Baseline Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Baseline/Screening Version Phase 1 Study Version 1/14/2009 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale Baseline/Screening Version Phase 1 Study 1/14/09 Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Baseline Version 2009-01-14 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale Baseline Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Since Last Visit Version 1/14/2009 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale Since Last Visit Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Baseline/Screening Version 1/14/2009 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale Baseline/Screening Version Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)