English Explanatory Dictionary

copy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.
  2. The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.
  3. An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
  4. The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published.
  5. The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.
  6. The text to be set into newspaper articles, magazine pages, or similar.
  7. A person employed to carry copy and run errands.
  8. A schoolwork pad or workbook.
  9. A particular instance of a book: a single printed impression or digital file representing it.
  10. 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.
  11. Writing paper of a particular size: Synonym of bastard.
  12. That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example.
verb
  1. To produce an object identical to a given object.
  2. To give or transmit a copy to (a person).
  3. To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
  4. To imitate.
  5. To receive a transmission successfully.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒpi/ /ˈkɑpi/ en-us-copy.ogg

Word forms

copy copies coppy coppie copie copying copied

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English copy English copy 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.

Synonyms

duplicate facsimile fake forgery image likeness phony reduplication replica replication reproduction sham simulacrum clone copy replicate reproduce

Antonyms

original miscopy

Derived words

alibi copy armchair copy blind carbon copy blot one's copy book carbonless copy paper cop copier copious copy area copy art copy attack copyback copybook copy boy copycat copy cat copy constructor copydesk copy desk copydom copy editor copy elision copyfraud copygirl copygraph copy holder copyholder copyism copyist copy key copyline copylore copy machine copy menu copy number copy number polymorphism copy-number variant copy number variation copyparty copy pronoun copy-protected copy protection copyright copy room copy ruler copy shop copy song copy sort copytaker copytaking copy test copytext copy trading copy typist copywrite copywriter DJ copy e-copy flap copy intercopy

Translations

Albanian: kopje Arabic: نُسْخَة Arabic: نسخة Armenian: պատճեն Asturian: copia Azerbaijani: surət Bashkir: күсермә Belarusian: ко́пія Belarusian: дубліка́т Bulgarian: ко́пие Bulgarian: материа́л за наби́ране Burmese: ကော်ပီ Burmese: မိတ္တူ Catalan: còpia Cebuano: kopya Chinese Mandarin: 摹本 Chinese Mandarin: 副本 Chinese Mandarin: 拷貝 /拷贝 Chinese Mandarin: 複製 /复制 Czech: kopie Czech: rozmnoženina Danish: kopi Dutch: kopie Dutch: afschrift Dutch: kopij Esperanto: kopio Estonian: koopia Finnish: kopio Finnish: jäljennös Finnish: raakateksti French: copie Galician: copia German: Kopie Greek: αντίγραφο Ancient Greek: ἀντίγραφον Hebrew: עותק \ עֹתֶק Hebrew: הֶעֱתֵק Hebrew: חומר \ חֹמֶר Hebrew: תַּמְלִיל Hebrew: כְּתַב יָד Hindi: प्रतिलिपि Hindi: अनुकृति Hindi: कापी Hungarian: másolat Hungarian: kópia Hungarian: másodlat Hungarian: kiadmány Hungarian: kézirat Hungarian: anyag Icelandic: eintak Ilocano: kopia Indonesian: salin Irish: cóip Irish: macasamhail Italian: copia Japanese: コピー Japanese: 複写 Kazakh: көшірме Khmer: ទុតិយតា Khmer: សំណាក Korean: 모사 Kyrgyz: копия Kyrgyz: көчүрмө Kyrgyz: нуска Lao: ສຳເນົາ Latin: exemplar Latvian: kopija Lithuanian: kopija
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