copy
//ˈkɒpi//
Forms
- Plural
- copies
- present (v1)
- copy
- past (v2)
- copied
- past participle (v3)
- copied
- present participle
- copying
- 3rd person singular
- copies
Definitions
1.An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
- That handbag is a copy. You can tell because the buckle is different.
2.The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published.
- Has your ad copy plenty of punch?
- Submit all copy to the appropriate editor.
- This organization doesn't publish any copy that hasn't been edited by a good copy editor.
3.The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.
- I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original.
- Please bring me at least 200 copies of this report. The photocopier is down the hall on the right.
- I already saw their draft. She emailed me a copy yesterday. I can forward it to you so that you have your own copy.
4.A person employed to carry copy and run errands.
1.To produce an object identical to a given object.
- Please copy these reports for me.
2.To imitate.
- We copy instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation.
- Don't copy my dance moves.
3.To give or transmit a copy to (a person).
- All heads of departments have been copied.
- Make sure you copy me on that important memo.
4.To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
- First copy the files, and then paste them in another directory.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1865
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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.