cop·y·right (k?p??-r?t?)n. The legal right granted to an author, composer, playwright, publisher, or distributor to exclusive publication, production, sale, or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work.adj.1. Of or relating to a copyright: copyright law; a copyright agreement.2. Protected by copyright: permission to publish copyright material.tr.v. cop·y·right·ed, cop·y·right·ing, cop·y·rights To secure a copyright for.cop?y·right?a·ble adj.cop?y·right?er n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.copyright (?k?p??ra?t) n (Law) the exclusive right to produce copies and to control an original literary, musical, or artistic work, granted by law for a specified number of years (in Britain, usually 70 years from the death of the author, composer, etc, or from the date of publication if later). Symbol: (c) adj (Law) (of a work, etc) subject to or controlled by copyrightvb (Law) (tr) to take out a copyright on ?copy?rightable adj ?copy?righter nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014cop?y?right (?k?p i?ra?t) n. 1. the exclusive ownership of and the right to make use of a literary, musical, or artistic work, protected by law for a specified period of time. adj. 2. Also, cop?y?right`ed. protected by copyright. v.t. 3. to secure a copyright on. [1725?35] cop?y?right`a?ble, adj. cop?y?right`er, n. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.copyright – Literally, “the right to reproduce” one’s own work or authorize others to do so; copyright protects original artistic, literary, dramatic, musical, and intellectual work in a tangible medium.See also related terms for literary.Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.copyrightPast participle: copyrightedGerund: copyrightingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativecopyrightcopyrightPresentI copyrightyou copyrighthe/she/it copyrightswe copyrightyou copyrightthey copyrightPreteriteI copyrightedyou copyrightedhe/she/it copyrightedwe copyrightedyou copyrightedthey copyrightedPresent ContinuousI am copyrightingyou are copyrightinghe/she/it is copyrightingwe are copyrightingyou are copyrightingthey are copyrightingPresent PerfectI have copyrightedyou have copyrightedhe/she/it has copyrightedwe have copyrightedyou have copyrightedthey have copyrightedPast ContinuousI was copyrightingyou were copyrightinghe/she/it was copyrightingwe were copyrightingyou were copyrightingthey were copyrightingPast PerfectI had copyrightedyou had copyrightedhe/she/it had copyrightedwe had copyrightedyou had copyrightedthey had copyrightedFutureI will copyrightyou will copyrighthe/she/it will copyrightwe will copyrightyou will copyrightthey will copyrightFuture PerfectI will have copyrightedyou will have copyrightedhe/she/it will have copyrightedwe will have copyrightedyou will have copyrightedthey will have copyrightedFuture ContinuousI will be copyrightingyou will be copyrightinghe/she/it will be copyrightingwe will be copyrightingyou will be copyrightingthey will be copyrightingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been copyrightingyou have been copyrightinghe/she/it has been copyrightingwe have been copyrightingyou have been copyrightingthey have been copyrightingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been copyrightingyou will have been copyrightinghe/she/it will have been copyrightingwe will have been copyrightingyou will have been copyrightingthey will have been copyrightingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been copyrightingyou had been copyrightinghe/she/it had been copyrightingwe had been copyrightingyou had been copyrightingthey had been copyrightingConditionalI would copyrightyou would copyrighthe/she/it would copyrightwe would copyrightyou would copyrightthey would copyrightPast ConditionalI would have copyrightedyou would have copyrightedhe/she/it would have copyrightedwe would have copyrightedyou would have copyrightedthey would have copyrightedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011