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cop·y  (kp)

n. pl. cop·ies

1. An imitation or reproduction of an original; a duplicate: a copy of a painting; made two copies of the letter.

2. One specimen or example of a printed text or picture: an autographed copy of a novel.

3. Material, such as a manuscript, that is to be set in type.

4. The words to be printed or spoken in an advertisement.

5. Suitable source material for journalism: Celebrities make good copy.

v. cop·ied, cop·y·ing, cop·ies

v.tr.

1. To make a reproduction or copy of.

2. To follow as a model or pattern; imitate. See Synonyms at imitate.

v.intr.

1. To make a copy or copies.

2. To admit of being copied: colored ink that does not copy well.

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[Middle English copie, from Old French, from Medieval Latin cpia, transcript, from Latin, profusion; see op- in Indo-European roots.]

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copy·a·ble, copi·a·ble adj.

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copy

Noun

pl copies

1. a thing made to look exactly like another

2. a single specimen of a book, magazine, or record of which there are many others exactly the same: my copy of `Death on the Nile'

3. written material for printing

4. the text of an advertisement

5. Journalism informal suitable material for an article: disasters are always good copy

Verb

[copies, copying, copied]

1. to make a copy (of)

2. to act or try to be like another [Latin copia abundance]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	copy - a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record) transcript written account, written record - a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	2.	copy - a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing; "she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a copy of its ancestor" anamorphosis, anamorphism - a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner carbon copy, carbon - a copy made with carbon paper casting, cast - object formed by a mold duplication, duplicate - a copy that corresponds to an original exactly; "he made a duplicate for the files" facsimile, autotype - an exact copy or reproduction imitation - something copied or derived from an original knockoff, clone - an unauthorized copy or imitation miniature, toy - a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size modification - slightly modified copy; not an exact copy; "a modification of last year's model" photocopy - a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work print - a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it) quadruplicate - any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one another exactly; "it was signed in quadruplicate" replica, reproduction, replication - copy that is not the original; something that has been copied representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something triplicate - one of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactly xerox, xerox copy - a copy made by a xerographic printer
	3.	copy - matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials written matter text, textual matter - the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" dump - (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs fair copy - a clean copy of a corrected draft filler - copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper
	4.	copy - material suitable for a journalistic account; "catastrophes make good copy" journalism, news media - newspapers and magazines collectively material - information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form; "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography"
Verb	1.	copy - copy down as is; "The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over" write - mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet" recopy - copy again; "The child had to recopy the homework" copy out - copy very carefully and as accurately as possible
	2.	copy - reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" imitate, simulate conform to, follow - behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example" mock - imitate with mockery and derision; "The children mocked their handicapped classmate" reproduce - make a copy or equivalent of; "reproduce the painting" take off - mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner; "This song takes off from a famous aria" mime, mimic - imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately" model, pattern - plan or create according to a model or models take after, follow - imitate in behavior; take as a model; "Teenagers follow their friends in everything" emulate - strive to equal or match, especially by imitating; "He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister"
	3.	copy - reproduce or make an exact copy of; "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information" replicate biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate, double - make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"
	4.	copy - make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt" re-create manifold - make multiple copies of; "multiply a letter" create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" imitate - make a reproduction or copy of trace - copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of; "trace a design"; "trace a pattern" back up - make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy; "You'd better back up these files!" hectograph - copy on a duplicator; "hectograph the hand-outs" clone - make multiple identical copies of; "people can clone a sheep nowadays" mimeo, mimeograph - print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph; "She mimeographed the syllabus" roneo - make copies on a Roneograph

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copy

noun 1. reproduction, duplicate, photocopy, carbon copy, image, print, fax, representation, fake, replica, imitation, forgery, counterfeit, Xerox ™ transcription, likeness, replication, facsimile, Photostat ™ << OPPOSITE original

verb 2. reproduce, replicate, duplicate, photocopy, transcribe, counterfeit, Xerox ™ Photostat ™ << OPPOSITE create

verb 3. imitate, act like, emulate, behave like, follow, repeat, mirror, echo, parrot, ape, mimic, simulate, follow suit, follow the example of

Translations

copy [ˈkɔpɪ] n → copia; [of book] → ejemplar m [of magazine] → número (= material) (for printing) → original m

vt → copiar (also COMPUT) (= imitate); copiar, imitar;

to make good copy (fig) → ser una noticia de interés;

rough copy → borrador m;

fair copy → copia en limpio

copy out vt → copiar

copy [ˈkɔpɪ] n → copie f (= book etc); exemplaire m (= material) (for printing) → copie

vt → copier (= imitate); imiter;

rough copy (gen) → premier jet;

(Scol) → brouillon m;

fair copy → version définitive; propre m;

to make good copy (Press) → faire un bon sujet d'article

copy out vt → copier

copy [ˈkɔpɪ] n → Kopie f;

(of book, record, newspaper) → Exemplar nt;

(for printing) → Artikel m

vt (person) → nachahmen;

(idea etc) → nachmachen;

(something written) → abschreiben;

this murder story will make good copy (Press) → aus diesem Mord kann man etwas machen

copy out copy vt → abschreiben

copy [ˈkɔpɪ] n → copia (= book etc); esemplare m (= material) (for printing) → materiale m; testo

vt (gen), (COMPUT) → copiare (= imitate); imitare;

rough/fair copy → brutta/bella (copia);

to make good copy (fig) → fare notizia

copy out vt → ricopiare, trascrivere

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copy

n copy [ˈkopi]

1 an imitation or reproduction That dress is a copy of one I saw at a Paris fashion show; He made eight copies of the pamphlet on the photocopier.kopieنُسْخـَـه منسوخهкопиеkopiekopi; efterligningdie Kopieαντίγραφοcopiajäljendus, koopiaتقلید؛ کپیjäljitelmä, kopiocopieהֶעתֵקप्रतिलिपिprijepis, kopijamásolattiruaneftirlíkingcopiaコピー모방, 복제kopijakopija; reprodukcija; norakststiruankopiekopi, reproduksjon; gjenpart; avskriftkopiacópiacopieкопияkópiaposnetek, kopijakopijakopiaการเลียนแบบkopya, suret複製品копіяنقل، نسخ‍ہbản sao复制品

2 a single book, newspaper etc Can I have six copies of this dictionary, please?eksemplaarنُسخة مِنбройvýtiskeksemplardas Exemplarαντίτυποejemplareksemplar, numberجلدkappale, numeroexemplaireעוֹתֶקपाण्डुलिपिkopijapéldányeksemplareintakcopia一冊한 권［부］egzemplioriuseksemplārsnaskhahexemplaaregzemplarzexemplarexemplarэкземплярvýtlačokizvodprimerakexemplar, nummerฉบับ; เล่มsayı, nüsha, kopya一本(書)﹐一份(報紙)等копіяكسى كتاب يا اخبار كا نسخ‍ہmột bản của cuốn sách, tờ báo一份

3 written or typed material for publishing He writes copy for advertisements.kopieنُسْحة مُعدّة للطَّبع، مَخطوطَـهтекст на рекламаrukopisstof; materialeder Textκείμενοmanuscrito, textotekst, käsikiriمطلب آماده چاپmainostekstimanuscritחוֹמֶר לְהֲדפּסָהहस्तलेखkopijakéziratnaskahhandritmateriale原稿원고, 초고medžiaga, tekstasmanuskripts; materiāls; paraugssalinankopijmanuskriptmateriałmaterialtextтекстrukopisrokopisgrađamanuskript, copy, annonstextคำโฆษณาmetin稿子матеріалمسودهbản thảo稿子

v

to make an imitation or reproduction of (something) Copy the way I speak; Copy this passage into your notebook.kopieerيَنْـسَخкопирамnapodobit; opsat, kopírovatkopiere; efterlignekopierenαντιγράφωimitar; copiarjäljendama, kopeerimaرونوشت کردن؛ کپی کردنjäljitellä, kopioidacopierלְהַעֲתִיקनकल उतारनाprepisati, preslikati, kopirati(le)másolmeniruafrita; líkja eftircopiare写す베끼다; 복사하다kopijuoti, imituoti, pamėgdžioti, nu(si)rašytikopēt; atdarināt; pārrakstītsalinkopia arenkopiere, etterlikne, skrive avkopiowaćcopiara imita, a copiaподражать; переписыватьnapodobniť; opísaťposnemati; prepisatiprepisatiefterlikna, ta efter, skriva av, kopieraเลียนแบบkopya etmek; taklit etmek模仿，復制знімати копію; переписуватиنقل كرناsao chép模仿，复制

n ˈcopier

a photocopier. kopieermasjienآلة تصوير / نَسْـخкопирна машинаkopírkakopimaskineder Kopiererφωτοαντιγραφικό μηχάνημαfotocopiadoravalguskoopiamasinشخص یا دستگاه کپی کنندهvalokopiokonephotocopieur/-euseמְכוֹנַת צִילוּםप्रतिलिपिकaparat za kopiranjefénymásoló gépmesin fotokopiljósritunarvélfotocopiatrice複写機복사기kopijavimo aparatas, kopijuoklisnovilcējs; kopējamais aparātsmesin salinfotocopieerapparaatkopimaskinkopiarkafotocopiadora(foto)copiatorмножительный аппаратkopírovací strojkopirni aparatfotokopir aparatkopieringsmaskinเครื่องถ่ายเอกสารfotokopi makinası復印機копіювальний апаратفوٹ‍و كاپی مشینmáy photocopy复印机

n ˈcopyright

(usually abbreviated to ©) the sole right to reproduce a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, and also to perform, translate, film, or record such a work. kopieregحَق التأليف والنَّـشرавторско правоautorská právaophavsret; forfatterret; copyrightdas Urheberrechtδικαιώματα πνευματικής ιδιοκτησίαςcopyright, de autor derechosautoriõigus, kirjastusõigusحق تکثیر؛ کپی رایتtekijänoikeus, kustannusoikeusdroit d'auteurזְכוּיוֹת יוֹצְרִיםप्रकाशनाधिकारautorsko pravoszerzői joghak ciptahöfundarrétturdiritto d'autore, copyright著作権판권, 저작권autoriaus teisėautortiesībashak ciptaauteursrechtcopyright, opphavsrettprawo autorskiedireito de autorcopyright, drept de autorавторское правоcopyrightavtorska pravicaautorsko pravocopyright, upphovsrättลิขสิทธิ์telif hakkı, yapıt hakkı版權авторське правоحق اشاعت، حق تصنيف، حق طبعquyền tác giả版权