Dictionary Definition
copy
Noun
1 a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a
legal or school record) [syn: transcript]
2 a secondary representation of an original; "she
made a copy of the designer dress"
3 matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical
materials [syn: written
matter]
4 material suitable for a journalistic account;
"catastrophes make good copy"
Verb
1 copy down as is; "The students were made to
copy the alphabet over and over"
2 reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The
mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents
or older siblings" [syn: imitate, simulate]
3 biology: reproduce or make an exact copy of;
"replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information" [syn: replicate]
4 make a replica of; "copy that drawing";
"re-create a picture by Rembrandt" [syn: re-create] [also:
copied]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
copie, copia "reproduction, transcript," from copia "plenty, means". It should be noted here of the possible relation of the modern copy to the hebrew כף caph. Although kaph means literally "cup", the kaph is also a hebrew letter that acts as a prepositional modifier meaning, appropriately, like or similar to.Pronunciation
- /kɒpiː/
- Rhymes: -ɒpi
Noun
- The result of copying (confer original); an identical
duplication.
- Please bring me the copies of those reports.
- An imitation of inferior quality.
- That handbag is a copy. You can tell because the buckle is different.
- The text that is to be typeset.
- In the context of "marketing": The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.
- 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?
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
result of copying; an identical duplication
- Czech: kopie, rozmnoženina
- Finnish: kopio, jäljennös
imitation of inferior quality
- Finnish: jäljitelmä, kopio
journalism: text that is to be typeset
- Finnish: raakateksti
marketing: output of copywriter
- Finnish: copy
text of a newspaper article
- Finnish: teksti
school work pad
- Finnish: vihko
printed edition of a book or magazine
- Finnish: numero, kappale
Extensive Definition
Copy may refer to:
- Copying or the product of copying, the duplication of information or an artifact
- Copy (command), a shell command.
- Copy (written), written content in publications, in contrast to photographs or other elements of layout
- Copy and paste, a method of reproducing text or other data in computing
- Photocopying, a process which makes paper copies of documents and other visual images
- Fax, a telecommunications technology used to transfer copies of documents, especially over the telephone network
- Facsimile, any copy or reproduction which bears a close resemblance to the original
- Replica
See also
- List of duplicating processes
- Equality (objects)
- Duplication
- Koppie or Kopje (isolated rocky hill in Africa)
copy in Czech: Kopie
copy in German: Kopie
copy in French: Copie
copy in Macedonian: Копија
copy in Japanese: コピー
copy in Russian: Копия
copy in Simple English: Copy
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Doppelganger, Photostat, Xerox, abstract, abstraction, act, act a part, act as, act like,
act out, actual thing, adopt, affect, agent, altarpiece, alternate, alternative, analogy, ape, appear like, approach, appropriate, approximate, arrangement, article, assume, autograph, back number,
backup, be like, be
redolent of, bear resemblance, beat, block print, blueprint, borrow, brainchild, bring to mind,
brouillon, budget of
news, burlesque, call
to mind, call up, carbon,
carbon copy, cartoon,
chalk, change, changeling, charcoal, chart, chorus, clone, collage, collection, color, color print, come again,
come close, come near, companion, compare with,
comparison, composed
matter, composition,
computer printout, copy out, correspond, counterfeit, counterpart, crayon, crib, crosshatch, cyclorama, dash off, daub, dead matter, dead ringer,
delineate, delineation, depict, deputy, derive from, design, diagram, diptych, ditto, do, do a repeat, do again, do like,
do over, document,
doodle, double, draft, draw, draw up, drawing, dummy, dupe, duplicate, duplication, ebauche, echo, edit, edited version, edition, effigy, elevation, emulate, enact, enface, engraving, engross, engrossment, equal, equivalent, ersatz, esquisse, essay, evoke, exact counterpart, exact
likeness, example,
exchange, exclusive, facsimile, fair copy, fake, favor, fellow, fiction, figure, fill-in, final draft,
finished version, first draft, flimsy, follow, forge, fresco, geminate, ghost, ghostwriter, go like,
graph, ground plan,
hatch, hectograph, hoke, hoke up, holograph, homograph, homonym, homophone, house plan,
hymnal, hymnbook, ichnography, icon, idem, identical same, idol, illumination, illustration, image, imitate, imitation, impersonate, impress, impression, imprint, infringe, ingeminate, inscribe, instrumental score,
issue, knockoff, letter, library, library edition,
libretto, likeness, limn, literae scriptae, literary
artefact, literary production, literature, live matter,
living image, living picture, locum tenens, look like, lucubration, lute tablature,
make a recension, make like, make out, make over, make use of,
makeshift, manifold, manuscript, masquerade as,
match, mate, matter, metaphor, metonymy, microcopy, microfilm, mime, mimeo, mimeograph, mimic, miniature, mirror, mirroring, mock, mock-up, model, montage, mosaic, multigraph, multiply by two,
mural, music, music paper, music roll,
musical notation, musical score, near, nearly reproduce, news item,
next best thing, no other, none other, nonfiction, not tell apart,
notation, number, opera, opera score, opus, orchestral score, original, outline, paint, paint a picture, palingenesis, panorama, pantomime, paper, parallel, paraphrase, parchment, parody, parrot, part, partake of, pass for,
pattern, pen, pencil, penscript, perform, personate, personnel, phony, photocopy, photograph, piano score,
picture, picturize, piece, piece of writing, pinch
hitter, pirate, plagiarize, play, play a part, plot, poem, portrait, portray, pose as, pretend to be,
print, printed matter,
printing, printout, production, profile, projection, proxy, push the pen, put in
writing, quadruplicate, quote, re-create, re-creation,
re-form, re-formation, reading matter, rebirth, rebuild, rebuilding, recense, recension, reconstitute, reconstitution, reconstruct, reconstruction, record, redesign, redo, redoing, redouble, reduplicate, reduplication, reecho, reedition, reestablish, reestablishment,
refashion, refashioning, reflect, reflection, refound, regenerate, regeneration, regenesis, regurgitate, reincarnate, reinstitute, reinstitution, reissue, relief, remake, remaking, remind one of,
renascence, renew, renovate, renovation, reorganization, reorganize, repeat, repetition, replacement, replica, replicate, replication, representation, representative, reprint, reprinting, reproduce, reproduction, resemblance, resemble, reserves, reshape, reshaping, restoration, restore, restructure, restructuring, resurrect, resurrection, revise, revision, revival, revive, rewrite, ringer, rough, rubbing, sample, savor of, say again,
school edition, scoop,
score, scratch, screed, scribe, scrip, script, scrive, scroll, scumble, second draft, second
string, secondary,
seem like, selfsame,
semblance, series, set, shade, shadow, sham, sheet music, short score,
sign, similitude, simulacrum, simulate, skeleton, sketch, smack of, songbook, songster, sound like, spares, specimen, spill ink, spit and
image, spitting image, spoil paper, spot news, stack up with,
stained glass window, stand-in, standing matter, stat, steal, stencil, still life, story, sub, substituent, substitute, substitution, succedaneum, suggest, superscribe, superseder, supplanter, surrogate, symbol, synecdoche, synonym, tablature, table, tableau, take, take after, take off, take
on, take over, tapestry, text, the same, the same
difference, the written word, third string, tint, token, trace, tracing, trade book, trade
edition, transcribe,
transcript, transcription, travesty, triplicate, triptych, twin, type, typescript, understudy, utility player,
version, very image,
very picture, very same, vicar, vice-president,
vice-regent, vocal score, volume, wall painting, work, working drawing, write, write down, write out,
writing, written
music