copy en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɒpi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈkɑpi/ (General-American)
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Etymology
From Middle English copy, copie, from Old French copie (“abundance, plenty; transcript, copy”), from Medieval Latin copia (“reproduction, transcript”), from Latin cōpia (“plenty, abundance”), from *coopia, from co- (“together”) + ops (“wealth, riches”). More at opulent.
Meanings
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The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.
His new book is out. I have a signed copy. He'll send you a copy if you want one. He's giving free copies to his former colleagues who want one. The press run is 3000 copies, and he hopes to sell more press runs after this one.
I already saw their draft. She emailed me a copy yesterday. I can forward it to you so that you have your own copy.
I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original.
1656, John Denham, preface to The Destruction of Troy:Please bring me at least 200 copies of this report. The photocopier is down the hall on the right.
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The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original. ▸ The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.
Every cell in this organism contains a copy of each gene, but whether that copy will be expressed depends on complex factors of cell differentiation and epigenetics.
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An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
That handbag is a copy. You can tell because the buckle is different.
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The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published.
This organization doesn't publish any copy that hasn't been edited by a good copy editor.
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The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published. ▸ The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.
ad copy; advertising copy
Has your ad copy plenty of punch?
1930, “Instructions in Sound”, in Moving Picture Review & Theatre Management, volume 25, Exhibitors Trade Review Publishing, page 40:
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(uncountable) The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published. ▸ The text to be set into newspaper articles, magazine pages, or similar.
Submit all copy to the appropriate editor.
- A person employed to carry copy and run errands.
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A schoolwork pad or workbook.
Tim got in trouble for forgetting his maths copy.
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A particular instance of a book: a single printed impression or digital file representing it.
Our town's public library has several copies of the Bible, in each of several editions.
Our town's public library has several copies of the second edition of Smith's textbook, but it doesn't yet have any copies of any newer edition.
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A particular instance of an issue of a periodical (e.g., magazine, journal, bulletin): a single printed impression or digital file representing that issue; (metonynmically) the issue.
Have you seen the latest copy of Newsweek yet?
- (archaic) Writing paper of a particular size: Synonym of bastard.
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(obsolete) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example.
His virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.
Let him first learn to write, after a copy of all the letters.
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:
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(obsolete) An abundance or plenty of anything.
[S]he was bleſt with no more Copie of wit, but to ſerue his Humor thus.
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:
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(obsolete) copyhold; tenure; lease.
But in them nature's copy's not eterne
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]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| copie | alternative | lexicographic | |
| copies | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| coppy | alternative | lexicographic | |
| coppie | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
copy-paste · telecopy · e-copy · xeroxcopy · copy boy · reader copy · copy menu · copious · monocopy · copy-number variant · copy trading · copydom · copy desk · copy typist · photocopy · copy constructor · blot one's copy book · copy pronoun · copybook · copyfraud · alibi copy · copyable · copy attack · copy-protected · DJ copy · pseudocopy · copy machine · copytaking · copyback · carbonless copy paper · copy editor · copy key · copy shop · armchair copy · copy ruler · copy number variation · copywrite · intercopy · retrocopy · copyist · copyparty · penalty copy · copyism · xerocopy · copy sort · miscopy · mopy · copy number · copycat · copy protection · copylore · blind carbon copy · flap copy · copy area · copytext · copygirl · copygraph · genocopy · copy cat · copyline · phenocopy · copy room · multicopy · shallow-copy · copy song · macrocopy · wire copy · copy test · copydesk · copyright · copyholder · copy elision · copier · cop · copy number polymorphism · copy holder · copywriter · copytaker · copy art
Descendants
Hyponyms
backup copy · association copy · deep copy · promotional copy · photocopy · time copy · review copy · duplicate copy · image copy · clean copy · reading copy · advance copy · microcopy · conformed copy · xerox copy · soft copy · hard copy · courtesy copy · true copy · shallow copy · office copy · defensive copy · carbon copy · certified copy · fair copy · presentation copy · top copy · scaled copy · master copy
Synonyms
image · sham · likeness · facsimile · replica · reduplication · fake · reproduction · phony · forgery · duplicate · simulacrum · replication
Translations (255)
sv exemplar (printed edition of a book or magazine) · he חומר \ חֹמֶר (journalism: text to be typeset) · hu cikkszöveg (text of newspaper articles) · hi प्रतिलिपि (text of newspaper articles) · tg рунавишт (result of copying) · arz نسخة (result of copying) · ota بیاض (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · ms salinan (result of copying) · fi kopio (result of copying) · eo kopio (result of copying) · ml പകർപ്പ് (result of copying) · nb kopi (result of copying) · or ପ୍ରତିଲିପି (result of copying) · ro copie (result of copying) · hu másolat (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · nl nabootsing (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · hi प्रति (text of newspaper articles) · hu kópia (result of copying) · tg нусха (result of copying) · fi teksti (text of newspaper articles) · es trasunto (result of copying) · it copia (genetics: result of gene or chromosomal duplication) · km សំណាក (result of copying) · hy պատճեն (result of copying) · tk nusga (result of copying) · et koopia (result of copying) · be падро́бка (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · hu híranyag (text of newspaper articles) · hi अनुकृति (result of copying) · eo ekzemplero (printed edition of a book or magazine) · ota بیاض (result of copying) · hu példány (printed edition of a book or magazine) · ja コピー (result of copying) · my မိတ္တူ (result of copying) · pl egzemplarz (printed edition of a book or magazine) · tk kopiýa (result of copying) · vi bản sao (result of copying) · az surət (result of copying) · sh пре̏слика (result of copying) · de Kopie (result of copying) · fi kappale (printed edition of a book or magazine) · he כְּתַב יָד (journalism: text to be typeset) · it replica (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · sl kopija (result of copying) · fi kopio (genetics: result of gene or chromosomal duplication) · be ко́пія (result of copying) · fr exemplaire (printed edition of a book or magazine) · sl duplikat (result of copying) · sh ко̑пија (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · uk ко́пія (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · hu füzet (school work pad) · id salin (result of copying) · gd lethbhreac (result of copying) · vi ấn bản (printed edition of a book or magazine) · pt texto (text of newspaper articles) · uk ко́пія (printed edition of a book or magazine) · gd lethbhreac (journalism: text to be typeset) · grc ἀντίγραφον (result of copying) · fi mainosteksti (marketing: output of copywriter) · tl kopya (result of copying) · ba күсермә (result of copying) · es copia (result of copying) · pt cópia (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · ro copie (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · fr copie (printed edition of a book or magazine) · hu reklámszöveg (marketing: output of copywriter) · ro exemplar (printed edition of a book or magazine) · pl odwzorowanie (result of copying) · vi bản nhái (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · fi raakateksti (journalism: text to be typeset) · nl afschrift (result of copying) · uk підро́бка (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · lt kopija (result of copying) · it copia (result of copying) · hi प्रतिलिपि (journalism: text to be typeset) · sl kopija (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · is eintak (result of copying) · fa رونوشت (result of copying) · yi עקזעמפּלאַר (printed edition of a book or magazine) · pl wtórnik (result of copying) · fi malli (that which is to be imitated) · hi प्रति (printed edition of a book or magazine) · gd copaidh (result of copying) · hu anyag (text of newspaper articles) · ru ко́пия (printed edition of a book or magazine) · cmn 拷貝 /拷贝 (result of copying) · be ко́пія (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · hu kiadmány (result of copying) · th สำเนา (result of copying) · or ପ୍ରତିକୃତି (result of copying) · hu reprodukció (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · sq kopje (result of copying) · de Nachahmung (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · nl exemplaar (printed edition of a book or magazine) · sh kȏpija (result of copying) · pt exemplar (printed edition of a book or magazine) · pl kopia (result of copying) · nl kopij (marketing: output of copywriter) · ga cóip (result of copying) · be экзэмпля́р (printed edition of a book or magazine) · sw nakala (text of newspaper articles) · fi kopio (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · el αντίγραφο (text of newspaper articles) · sh дуплѝка̄т (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · da kopi (result of copying) · fi jäljitelmä (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · ru ко́пия (text of newspaper articles) · es copia (genetics: result of gene or chromosomal duplication) · cmn 副本 (result of copying) · he תַּמְלִיל (journalism: text to be typeset) · vi bản in (printed edition of a book or magazine) · pt cópia (result of copying) · el αντίτυπο (printed edition of a book or magazine) · cs rozmnoženina (result of copying) · hu szám (printed edition of a book or magazine) · hi प्रतिलिपि (result of copying) · sh kȏpija (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · ml പകർപ്പ് (printed edition of a book or magazine) · he עותק \ עֹתֶק (result of copying) · ast copia (result of copying) · ms naskhah (printed edition of a book or magazine) · da kopi (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · ga cóip (printed edition of a book or magazine) · ar نُسْخَة (result of copying) · ca còpia (result of copying) · nl kopie (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · tr kopya (result of copying) · hu minta (that which is to be imitated) · fr numéro (printed edition of a book or magazine) · id eksemplar (printed edition of a book or magazine) · uk примі́рник (printed edition of a book or magazine) · hi कापी (result of copying) · mwl cópia (result of copying) · cmn 摹本 (result of copying) · fr copie (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · my ကော်ပီ (result of copying) · bg материа́л за наби́ране (journalism: text to be typeset) · sh prȅslika (result of copying) · hu anyag (journalism: text to be typeset) · pt réplica (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · de Exemplar (printed edition of a book or magazine) · be дубліка́т (result of copying) · hu másodlat (result of copying) · ko 모사 (result of copying) · nl kopij (text of newspaper articles) · km ទុតិយតា (result of copying) · ru дублика́т (result of copying) · gd lethbhreac (printed edition of a book or magazine) · cy copi (printed edition of a book or magazine) · or ଜାଲ୍ (result of copying) · he עותק \ עֹתֶק (printed edition of a book or magazine) · hu riporttéma (text of newspaper articles) · sh duplìkāt (result of copying) · ru подде́лка (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · mk дуплика́т (result of copying) · ur کاپی (result of copying) · ja 複写 (result of copying) · sh дуплѝка̄т (result of copying) · uk ко́пія (result of copying) · hu riportanyag (text of newspaper articles) · ru экземпля́р (printed edition of a book or magazine) · cmn 複製 /复制 (result of copying) · mi kape (result of copying) · ru текст (text of newspaper articles) · bg брой (printed edition of a book or magazine) · ca exemplar (printed edition of a book or magazine) · it copia (printed edition of a book or magazine) · tt нөсхә (result of copying) · he חִקּוּי \ חיקוי (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · mk копија (result of copying) · fi copy (marketing: output of copywriter) · uz koʻchirma (result of copying) · pdt Aufbilt (result of copying) · sv nummer (printed edition of a book or magazine) · hu szöveg (text of newspaper articles) · tr nüsha (result of copying) · he עותק \ עֹתֶק (journalism: text to be typeset) · fr copie (result of copying) · sk kópia (result of copying) · tr suret (result of copying) · la exemplar (result of copying) · hu másolat (result of copying) · ru ру́копись (journalism: text to be typeset) · hi अनुकृति (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · nl namaak (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · fr copie (genetics: result of gene or chromosomal duplication) · hi प्रतिलिपि (printed edition of a book or magazine) · bg ко́пие (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · nl kopie (result of copying) · ky копия (result of copying) · ru ко́пия (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · fi teksti (marketing: output of copywriter) · lv kopija (result of copying) · or ନକଲ (result of copying) · fa نسخه (result of copying) · fi jäljennös (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · hi प्रतिलिपि (marketing: output of copywriter) · fa کپی (result of copying) · fi jäljennös (result of copying) · hu példa (that which is to be imitated) · ba күсермә (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · sv kopia (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · ilo kopia (result of copying) · pt redação (text of newspaper articles) · el κακέκτυπο (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · he הֶעֱתֵק (journalism: text to be typeset) · hu bőség (abundance or plenty) · uk екземпля́р (printed edition of a book or magazine) · fa پچین (result of copying) · pt cópia (genetics: result of gene or chromosomal duplication) · tl hipno (result of copying) · ga macasamhail (result of copying) · ru материа́л (journalism: text to be typeset) · uz nusxa (result of copying) · it copia (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · fi paljous (abundance or plenty) · gl copia (result of copying) · fi vihko (school work pad) · cs kopie (result of copying) · hu cikktéma (text of newspaper articles) · cy copi (result of copying) · fr copie (text of newspaper articles) · tl kopya (printed edition of a book or magazine) · sh ко̑пија (result of copying) · fi numero (printed edition of a book or magazine) · fa کریز (result of copying) · sh duplìkāt (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · be ко́пія (printed edition of a book or magazine) · nl kopij (journalism: text to be typeset) · ru ко́пия (marketing: output of copywriter) · cmn 剽竊 /剽窃 (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · lo ສຳເນົາ (result of copying) · bg екземпля́р (printed edition of a book or magazine) · es ejemplar (printed edition of a book or magazine) · bg ко́пие (result of copying) · ru ко́пия (result of copying) · or ଉତ୍ତାର (result of copying) · kk көшірме (result of copying) · ba дана (printed edition of a book or magazine) · ceb kopya (result of copying) · nb eksemplar (printed edition of a book or magazine) · hu utánzat (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) · da eksemplar (printed edition of a book or magazine) · hu kézirat (journalism: text to be typeset) · it copia (marketing: output of copywriter) · ky нуска (result of copying) · uz kopiya (result of copying) · el αντίγραφο (result of copying) · uk дубліка́т (result of copying) · sv kopia (result of copying) · ky көчүрмө (result of copying) · gd copaidh (journalism: text to be typeset) · tg копия (result of copying) · he הֶעֱתֵק (result of copying) · gd copaidh (printed edition of a book or magazine)