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Dictionary Entries (10 more entries. View all »)
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cop·y
Audio Help [kop-ee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural cop·ies, for 1, 2, 7, 9, verb, cop·ied, cop·y·ing.
Audio Help [kop-ee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural cop·ies, for 1, 2, 7, 9, verb, cop·ied, cop·y·ing. –noun
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
—Idiom
| 1. | an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original: a copy of a famous painting. |
| 2. | one of the various examples or specimens of the same book, engraving, or the like. |
| 3. | written matter intended to be reproduced in printed form: The editor sent the copy for the next issue to the printer. |
| 4. | the text of a news story, advertisement, television commercial, etc., as distinguished from related visual material. |
| 5. | the newsworthiness of a person, thing, or event (often prec. by good or bad): The president is always good copy. Compare news (def. 4). |
| 6. | Genetics. replication (def. 7). |
| 7. | Printing. pictures and artwork prepared for reproduction. |
| 8. | British Informal. (in schools) a composition; a written assignment. |
| 9. | British. a size of drawing or writing paper, 16 × 20 in. (40 × 50 cm). |
| 10. | Archaic. something that is to be reproduced; an example or pattern, as of penmanship to be copied by a pupil. |
| 11. | to make a copy of; transcribe; reproduce: to copy a set of figures from a book. |
| 12. | to receive and understand (a radio message or its sender). |
| 13. | to follow as a pattern or model; imitate. |
| 14. | to make a copy or copies. |
| 15. | to undergo copying: It copied poorly. |
| 16. | to hear or receive a radio message, as over a CB radio: Do you copy? |
| 17. | Also, cocky. Newfoundland. to leap from one ice pan to another across open water. |
| 18. | copy the mail, Citizens Band Radio Slang. mail1 (def. 5). |
| Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
Thesaurus Entries (4 more entries. View all »)
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| Main Entry: | copy | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective | |
| Synonyms: | ectypal | |
| Source: | Synonym Collection v1.1 Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. | |
| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus | Cite This Source | |
| Main Entry: | copy | |
| Part of Speech: | noun | |
| Definition: | Something closely resembling another. | |
| Synonyms: | carbon copy, duplicate, facsimile, image, likeness, reduplication, replica, replication, reproduction, simulacrum | |
| Source: | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. | |
| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus | Cite This Source | |
| Main Entry: | copy | |
| Part of Speech: | noun | |
| Definition: | An inferior substitute imitating an original. | |
| Synonyms: | ersatz, imitation, pinchbeck, simulation | |
| Source: | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. | |
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