copy
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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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.
Inflected forms:
form: copies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: coppy
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: coppie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: copie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: copies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: copying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: copied
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: copied
pos: verb
tags: past
form: coppy
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: coppie
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: copie
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.
pos: noun
examples: Please bring me at least 200 copies of this report. The photocopier is down the hall on the right.
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.
gloss: The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
pos: noun
examples: That handbag is a copy. You can tell because the buckle is different.
gloss: The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published.
pos: noun
examples: This organization doesn't publish any copy that hasn't been edited by a good copy editor.
gloss: The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published.
pos: noun
gloss: The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Submit all copy to the appropriate editor.
gloss: A person employed to carry copy and run errands.
pos: noun
gloss: A schoolwork pad or workbook.
pos: noun
examples: Tim got in trouble for forgetting his maths copy.
gloss: A particular instance of a book: a single printed impression or digital file representing it.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: Have you seen the latest copy of Newsweek yet?
gloss: Writing paper of a particular size: Synonym of bastard.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
gloss: That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: His virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.
Let him first learn to write, after a copy of all the letters.
gloss: An abundance or plenty of anything.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: [S]he was bleſt with no more Copie of wit, but to ſerue his Humor thus.
gloss: copyhold; tenure; lease.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: But in them nature's copy's not eterne
gloss: To produce an object identical to a given object.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Please copy these reports for me.
Don't copy that floppy!
[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes. The truth is that Newton was very much a product of his time.
gloss: To give or transmit a copy to (a person).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Make sure you copy me on that important memo.
All heads of departments have been copied.
gloss: To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: First copy the files, and then paste them in another directory.
gloss: To imitate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Don't copy my dance moves.
Mom, he's copying me!
We copy instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation.
gloss: To receive a transmission successfully.
pos: verb
examples: Do you copy?
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
macrocopy
monocopy
mopy
multicopy
penalty copy
phenocopy
photocopy
pseudocopy
reader copy
retrocopy
shallow-copy
telecopy
wire copy
xerocopy
xeroxcopy
copyable
copy-paste
genocopy
miscopy
copiability
copiable
copy and paste
copy down
copy-edit
copy-on-write proxy
copy out
copyread
copy that
deep-copyblind-copy
precopy
recopy
sottocopy
uncopied
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: kopje
lang: Arabic
word: نُسْخَة
roman: nusḵa
lang: Arabic
word: نسخة
roman: nusḵa
lang: Armenian
word: պատճեն
roman: patčen
lang: Asturian
word: copia
lang: Azerbaijani
word: surət
lang: Bashkir
word: күсермә
roman: küsermə
lang: Belarusian
word: ко́пія
roman: kópija
lang: Belarusian
word: дубліка́т
roman: dublikát
lang: Bulgarian
word: ко́пие
roman: kópie
lang: Burmese
word: ကော်ပီ
roman: kaupi
lang: Burmese
word: မိတ္တူ
roman: mittu
lang: Catalan
word: còpia
lang: Cebuano
word: kopya
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 摹本
roman: móběn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 副本
roman: fùběn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 拷貝 /拷贝
roman: kǎobèi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 複製 /复制
roman: fùzhì
lang: Czech
word: kopie
lang: Czech
word: rozmnoženina
lang: Danish
word: kopi
lang: Dutch
word: kopie
lang: Dutch
word: afschrift
lang: Esperanto
word: kopio
lang: Estonian
word: koopia
lang: Finnish
word: kopio
lang: Finnish
word: jäljennös
lang: French
word: copie
lang: Galician
word: copia
lang: German
word: Kopie
lang: Greek
word: αντίγραφο
roman: antígrafo
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀντίγραφον
roman: antígraphon
lang: Hebrew
word: עותק \ עֹתֶק
roman: ótek
lang: Hebrew
word: הֶעֱתֵק
roman: he'eték
lang: Hindi
word: प्रतिलिपि
roman: pratilipi
lang: Hindi
word: अनुकृति
roman: anukŕti
lang: Hindi
word: कापी
roman: kāpī
lang: Hungarian
word: másolat
lang: Hungarian
word: kópia
lang: Hungarian
word: másodlat
lang: Hungarian
word: kiadmány
lang: Icelandic
word: eintak
lang: Ilocano
word: kopia
lang: Indonesian
word: salin
lang: Irish
word: cóip
lang: Irish
word: macasamhail
lang: Italian
word: copia
lang: Japanese
word: コピー
roman: kopī
lang: Japanese
word: 複写
roman: fukusha
lang: Kazakh
word: көшірме
roman: köşırme
lang: Khmer
word: ទុតិយតា
roman: tuteyaʼtaa
lang: Khmer
word: សំណាក
roman: sɑmnaak
lang: Korean
word: 모사
roman: mosa
lang: Kyrgyz
word: копия
roman: kopiya
lang: Kyrgyz
word: көчүрмө
roman: köcürmö
lang: Kyrgyz
word: нуска
roman: nuska
lang: Lao
word: ສຳເນົາ
roman: sam nao
lang: Latin
word: exemplar
lang: Latvian
word: kopija
lang: Lithuanian
word: kopija
lang: Macedonian
word: копија
roman: kopija
lang: Macedonian
word: дуплика́т
roman: duplikát
lang: Malay
word: salinan
lang: Malayalam
word: പകർപ്പ്
roman: pakaṟpp
lang: Māori
word: kape
lang: Mirandese
word: cópia
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kopi
lang: Odia
word: ଉତ୍ତାର
roman: uttāra
lang: Odia
word: ନକଲ
roman: nakala
lang: Odia
word: ଜାଲ୍
roman: jāl
lang: Odia
word: ପ୍ରତିଲିପି
roman: pratilipi
lang: Odia
word: ପ୍ରତିକୃତି
roman: pratikruti
lang: Persian
word: رونوشت
roman: runevešt
lang: Persian
word: کپی
roman: kopi
lang: Persian
word: پچین
roman: pačin
lang: Persian
word: نسخه
roman: nosxe
lang: Persian
word: کریز
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Aufbilt
lang: Polish
word: kopia
lang: Polish
word: wtórnik
lang: Polish
word: odwzorowanie
lang: Portuguese
word: cópia
lang: Romanian
word: copie
lang: Russian
word: ко́пия
roman: kópija
lang: Russian
word: дублика́т
roman: dublikát
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: copaidh
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: lethbhreac
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ко̑пија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: дуплѝка̄т
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пре̏слика
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kȏpija
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: duplìkāt
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: prȅslika
lang: Slovak
word: kópia
lang: Slovene
word: kopija
lang: Slovene
word: duplikat
lang: Spanish
word: copia
lang: Spanish
word: trasunto
lang: Swedish
word: kopia
lang: Tagalog
word: kopya
lang: Tagalog
word: hipno
lang: Tajik
word: нусха
roman: nusxa
lang: Tajik
word: рунавишт
roman: runavišt
lang: Tajik
word: копия
roman: kopiya
lang: Tatar
word: нөсхә
roman: nösxä
lang: Thai
word: สำเนา
roman: sǎm-nao
lang: Turkish
word: kopya
lang: Turkish
word: nüsha
lang: Turkish
word: suret
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: بیاض
roman: beyâz
lang: Turkmen
word: nusga
lang: Turkmen
word: kopiýa
lang: Ukrainian
word: ко́пія
roman: kópija
lang: Ukrainian
word: дубліка́т
roman: dublikát
lang: Urdu
word: کاپی
roman: kāpī
lang: Uzbek
word: kopiya
lang: Uzbek
word: nusxa
lang: Uzbek
word: koʻchirma
lang: Vietnamese
word: bản sao
lang: Welsh
word: copi
lang: Bulgarian
word: материа́л за наби́ране
roman: materiál za nabírane
lang: Dutch
word: kopij
lang: Finnish
word: raakateksti
lang: Hebrew
word: עותק \ עֹתֶק
roman: ótek
lang: Hebrew
word: הֶעֱתֵק
roman: he'eték
lang: Hebrew
word: חומר \ חֹמֶר
roman: khómer
lang: Hebrew
word: תַּמְלִיל
roman: tamlíl
lang: Hebrew
word: כְּתַב יָד
roman: ktav yad
lang: Hindi
word: प्रतिलिपि
roman: pratilipi
lang: Hungarian
word: kézirat
lang: Hungarian
word: anyag
lang: Russian
word: ру́копись
roman: rúkopisʹ
lang: Russian
word: материа́л
roman: materiál
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: copaidh
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: lethbhreac