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cop·y
(kŏp′ē)n. pl. cop·ies
1.
a. An imitation or reproduction of an original; a duplicate: a copy of a painting; made two copies of the letter.
b. Computers A file that has the same data as another file: stored on the server a copy of every document.
c. One example of a printed text, picture, film, or recording: an autographed copy of a novel.
2.
a. Material, such as a manuscript, that is to be set in type.
b. The words to be printed or spoken in an advertisement.
c. 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: copied the note letter for letter; copied the file to a disk.
2. To follow as a model or pattern; imitate. See Synonyms at imitate.
3. To include as an additional recipient of a written communication: Please copy me when you reply to her.
v.intr.
1. To make a copy or copies.
2. To admit of being copied: colored ink that does not copy well.
3. To hear clearly or understand something said by radio communication: Mayday. Do you copy?
[Middle English copie, from Old French, from Medieval Latin cōpia, transcript, from Latin, profusion; see op- in Indo-European roots.]
cop′y·a·ble, cop′i·a·ble adj.
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copy
(ˈkɒpɪ)n, pl copies
1. an imitation or reproduction of an original
2. a single specimen of something that occurs in a multiple edition, such as a book, article, etc
3. (Journalism & Publishing)
a. matter to be reproduced in print
b. written matter or text as distinct from graphic material in books, newspapers, etc
4. (Journalism & Publishing) the words used to present a promotional message in an advertisement
5. (Journalism & Publishing) journalism informal suitable material for an article or story: disasters are always good copy.
6. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) archaic a model to be copied, esp an example of penmanship
vb, copies, copying or copied
7. (when: tr, often foll by out) to make a copy or reproduction of (an original)
8. (tr) to imitate as a model
9. (intr) to imitate unfairly
[C14: from Medieval Latin cōpia an imitation, something copied, from Latin: abundance, riches; see copious]
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cop•y
(ˈkɒp i)n., pl. cop•ies, for 1, 2, 7, 9,
v. cop•ied, cop•y•ing. n.
1. an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original: a copy of a famous painting.
2. one of the various examples or specimens of the same book, engraving, or the like.
3. matter intended to be reproduced in printed form.
4. the text of a news story, advertisement, television commercial, or the like.
5. something newsworthy: Political gossip is always good copy.
7. Archaic. something that is to be reproduced; model.
v.t. 8. to make a copy of; transcribe; reproduce.
9. to follow as a pattern or model; imitate.
v.i. 10. to make a copy or copies.
11. to undergo copying: It copied poorly.
[1300–50; Middle English copie (< Anglo-French) < Medieval Latin cōpia copy, Latin: abundance, means; see copious]
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copy
Past participle: copied
Gerund: copying
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| Noun | 1. |  copy - a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)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 duplication, duplicate - a copy that corresponds to an original exactly; "he made a duplicate for the files" imitation - something copied or derived from an original 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" 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 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" 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" 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" 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" manifold - make multiple copies of; "multiply a letter" 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 (trademark), transcription, likeness, replication, facsimile, Photostat (trademark) Always keep a copy of everything in your own files.
reproduction model, original, pattern, prototype, the real thing
reproduction model, original, pattern, prototype, the real thing
verb
1. reproduce, replicate, duplicate, photocopy, transcribe, counterfeit, Xerox (trademark), Photostat (trademark) She never participated in copying classified documents for anyone.
reproduce create, originate
reproduce create, originate
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
copy
noun1. Something closely resembling another:
carbon copy, duplicate, facsimile, image, likeness, reduplication, replica, replication, reproduction, simulacrum.
Archaic: simulacre.
Law: counterpart.
2. An inferior substitute imitating an original:
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Translations
نُسْحة مُعدّة للطَّبع، مَخطوطَـهنُسْخَةنُسخة مِننُسْخـَـه منسوخهيَنْـسَخ
kopiekopírovatvýtisknapodobitokopírovat
eksemplarkopikopierematerialestof
kappalekopiokopioidanumeroraakateksti
kopijaprimjerakumnožavati
példányszámutánozveszfogad
afrita; líkja eftireftirlíkingeintakhandrit
原稿複製複製する
복사하다사본원고
autoriaus teisėegzemplioriusimituotikopijavimo aparataskopijuoklis
atdarināteksemplārskopētkopijamanuskripts
izvodkopijakopiratiposnematiposnetek
kopieramanuskriptmottagahärmakopia
ฉบับสำเนาถ่ายสำเนาทำสำเนา
bản saosao chépvăn bản
copy
[ˈkɒpɪ]A. N
B. VT
2. (= make copy of) (gen) → sacar una copia de; (in writing, Comput) → copiar; (with carbon) → sacar una copia/copias al carbón; (= photocopy) → fotocopiar
to copy from → copiar de
to copy from → copiar de
4. (Rad, Telec) → recibir
C. CPD copy boy N (Press) → chico m de los recados de la redacción
copy editor N → editor(a) m/f, corrector(a) m/f de manuscritos
copy machine N → fotocopiadora f
copy typist N → mecanógrafo/a m/f
copy editor N → editor(a) m/f, corrector(a) m/f de manuscritos
copy machine N → fotocopiadora f
copy typist N → mecanógrafo/a m/f
copy down VT + ADV → anotar, tomar nota de
copy out VT + ADV → copiar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
copy
[ˈkɒpi] n
(= photocopy) → copie f
(= reproduction) [model, product, design] → copie f
[book, record] → exemplaire m
vt
(also copy down) [+ words] → copier
vi [candidate, pupil] → copier
The teacher accused him of copying → Le professeur l'a accusé d'avoir copié.
The teacher accused him of copying → Le professeur l'a accusé d'avoir copié.
copy out
vt → copiercopy and paste [ˌkɒpiəndˈpeɪst] vt [+ files, words] → copier-collerCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
copy
n
→ Kopie f (also Comput); (of document, separately written or typed also) → Abschrift f; (typed carbon also) → Durchschlag m; (handwritten carbon also) → Durchschrift f; (Phot) → Abzug m; to take or make a copy of something → eine Kopie/Zweitschrift etc von etw machen; to write out a fair copy → etw ins Reine schreiben, eine Reinschrift herstellen
(of book etc) → Exemplar nt; have you got a copy of today’s “Times”? → hast du die „Times“ von heute?
(Press etc: = subject matter) → Stoff m; (= material to be printed) → Artikel m; (Typ) → (Manu)skript nt; that’s always good copy → das zieht immer; this murder story will make good copy → aus diesem Mord kann man etwas machen
(in advertising) → Werbetext m; who did the copy for this campaign? → wer hat den Text/die Texte für diese Werbekampagne gemacht?; he writes good copy → er schreibt gute Werbetexte
vt
(= make a copy of) → kopieren (also Comput); document (separately written/typed) → eine Abschrift anfertigen von; (typed/handwritten carbon) → einen Durchschlag/eine Durchschrift machen von; (Phot) → abziehen; (= write out again) → abschreiben; to copy something to a disk → etw auf eine Diskette kopieren
(= imitate) → nachmachen; gestures, person also → nachahmen; they always copy Ford → sie machen Ford immer alles nach
(Sch etc) sb else’s work → abschreiben; (by painting) → abmalen; to copy Brecht → (von) Brecht abschreiben
(= send a copy to) → einen Durchschlag/eine Durchschrift senden an (+acc)
copy
:copybook
n → Schönschreibheft nt ? blot
copy boy
n (Press) → Laufjunge m
copycat
n (inf) → Nachahmer(in) m(f); (with written work) → Abschreiber(in) m(f); she’s a terrible copy → sie macht immer alles nach; → sie schreibt immer ab; copy! → Nachmachen gilt nicht! (inf)
adj attr his was a copy crime → er war ein Nachahmungstäter
copy desk
n (Press) → Redaktionstisch m
copy-edit
vt (Press) → redigieren; (in publishing also) → lektorieren, bearbeiten
copy editor
copy
(Comput):copy-protected
adj disk → kopiergeschützt
copy protection
n → Kopierschutz m
copy
:copy typist
n → Schreibkraft f
copywriter
n → Werbetexter(in) m(f)
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copy
[ˈkɒpɪ]1. n
a. (gen) → copia; (book) → esemplare m; (of painting) → copia, riproduzione f
rough/fair copy → brutta/bella (copia)
rough/fair copy → brutta/bella (copia)
2. vt (imitate) → imitare; (make copy of, cheat) → copiare
he copied in the exam → all'esame ha copiato
he copied in the exam → all'esame ha copiato
copy out vt + adv → ricopiare, trascrivere
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
copy
(ˈkopi) – plural ˈcopies – noun1. 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.
2. a single book, newspaper etc. Can I have six copies of this dictionary, please?
3. written or typed material for publishing. He writes copy for advertisements.
verb to make an imitation or reproduction of (something). Copy the way I speak; Copy this passage into your notebook.
ˈcopier noun a photocopier.
ˈcopyright noun (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.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
copy
→ نُسْخَة, يَنْسَخُ kopie, kopírovat, výtisk eksemplar, kopi, kopiere Exemplar, Kopie, kopieren αντίγραφο, αντιγράφω, αντίτυπο copia, copiar, ejemplar kappale, kopio, kopioida copie, copier kopija, primjerak, umnožavati copia, copiare 原稿, 複製, 複製する 복사하다, 사본, 원고 kopie, kopiëren, reproductie avskrift, kopi, kopiere kopia, maszynopis, skopiować cópia, copiar копировать, копия, экземпляр kopia, kopiera, manuskript ฉบับสำเนา, ถ่ายสำเนา, ทำสำเนา kopya, kopyalamak, taklit bản sao, sao chép, văn bản 副本, 复制Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
copy
n. copia; imitación;
vt. copiar; imitar.
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