copy
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English copy, copie, from Old French copie, from Medieval Latin copia, from Latin cōpia, from *coopia, from co- ("together") + ops ("wealth, riches").
Pronunciation Nouncopy (plural copies)
- The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original.
- Please bring me the copies of those reports.
- 1656, John Denham, preface to The Destruction of Troy:
- I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original.
- An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
- That handbag is a copy. You can tell because the buckle is different.
- (journalism) The text that is to be typeset.
- (journalism) A gender-neutral abbreviation for copy boy.
- (marketing, advertising) The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.
- (uncountable) The text of newspaper articles.
- Submit all copy to the appropriate editor.
- A school work pad.
- Tim got in trouble for forgetting his maths copy.
- A printed edition of a book or magazine.
- Have you seen the latest copy of "Newsweek" yet?
- The library has several copies of the Bible.
- Writing paper of a particular size, called also bastard.
- (obsolete) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example.
- His virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters: […], London: […] T. N[ewcomb] for J[ohn] Martyn printer to the R[oyal] Society, […], →OCLC ↗:
- Let him first learn to write, after a copy of all the letters.
- (obsolete) An abundance or plenty of anything.
- 1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC ↗, Act II, scene i, signature F, verso ↗:
- [S]he was bleſt with no more Copie of wit, but to ſerue his Humor thus.
- (obsolete) copyhold; tenure; lease
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act III, scene ii]:
- But in them nature's copy's not eterne
- (genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.
- duplicate
- facsimile
- image
- likeness
- reduplication
- replica
- replication
- reproduction
- simulacrum
- fake
- forgery
- phony
- sham
- Russian: ру́копись
- French: copie, exemplaire
- German: Exemplar
- Italian: copia
- Portuguese: exemplar
- Russian: ко́пия
- Spanish: ejemplar
copy (copies, present participle copying; simple past and past participle copied)
- (transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.
- Please copy these reports for me.
- Don't copy that floppy!
- (transitive) To give or transmit a copy to (a person).
- Make sure you copy me on that important memo.
- (transitive, computing) To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
- First copy the files, and then paste them in another directory.
- (transitive) To imitate.
- Don't copy my dance moves.
- Mom, he's copying me!
- 1793, Dugald Stewart, Outlines of Moral Philosophy:
- We copy instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation.
- (radio) To receive a transmission successfully.
- Do you copy?
- See also Thesaurus:imitate
- French: imiter
- German: nachmachen
- Italian: imitare
- Portuguese: imitar, copiar
- Russian: подража́ть
- Spanish: imitar, copiar
- French: recevoir
- German: verstanden, empfangen, kapieren
- Italian: ricevere
- Portuguese: receber
- Russian: принима́ть
- Spanish: recibir
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