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   cop·y

   /ˈkäpē/

   noun

   • 1. a thing made to be similar or identical to another: "the problem is telling which is the original document and which the copy" Similar duplicateduplicationreprintfacsimilephotocopycarbon copycarbonmimeographmimeotranscriptinformal:dupetrademark:Xeroxphotostatreplicareproductionreplicationprintimitationlikenesslookalikerepresentationmock-updummycounterfeitforgeryfakeshambootleginformal:piratephoneyknockoffdupe
   • 2. a single specimen of a particular book, record, or other publication or issue: "the record has sold more than a million copies" Similar editionversionimpressionimprintissuespecimensampleexample
   • 3. matter to be printed: "copy for the next issue must be submitted by the beginning of the month"
   • ▪ material for a newspaper or magazine article: "it is an unfortunate truth of today's media that bad news makes good copy" Similar materialarticlesstoriesfeatures
   • ▪ the text of an advertisement: "“No more stubble—no more trouble,” trumpeted their ad copy"
   • 4. a blank booklet or notebook used for schoolwork: South Asian, Irish "examinees will not be allowed to take pens, copies, or water bottles inside the test center"

   verb

   • 1. make a similar or identical version of; reproduce: "each form had to be copied and sent to a different department" Similar duplicatephotocopyxeroxphotostatmimeographmake a photocopy oftake a photocopy ofrun offtranscribereproducereplicateclonereproducereplicateforgefakefalsifycounterfeitbootleg
   • ▪ reproduce (data stored in one location) in another location: "the command will copy a file from one disc to another"
   • ▪ write out information that one has read or heard: "he copied the details into his notebook"
   • ▪ send a copy of a letter to (a third party): "I thought I'd copy to you this letter sent to the PR representative"
   • ▪ send someone a copy of an email that is addressed to a third party: "I attached the document and copied him in so he'd know it had been sent"
   • 2. imitate the style or behavior of: "lifestyles that were copied from Miami and Fifth Avenue" Similar imitatemimicapeemulatefollowechomirrorsimulateparrotreproduceplagiarizepoachstealinfringe the copyright ofinformal:piraterip offcribliftnickpincharchaic:monkey
   • 3. hear or understand someone speaking on a radio transmitter: "this is Edwards, do you copy, over"

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting a transcript or copy of a document): from Old French copie (noun), copier (verb), from Latin copia ‘abundance’ (in medieval Latin ‘transcript’, from such phrases as copiam describendi facere ‘give permission to transcribe’).

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   A copy is a reproduction of something — it looks identical to the original. You might ask your sister to make a copy of your nephew's adorable painting so you can hang it on your fridge. You can use the word copy in several different ways. Your doctor's office may keep a copy of your insurance card on file, and they may copy it again every year.

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