Definitions for copy
ˈkɒp icopy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. transcript, copynoun

   a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)

2. copynoun

   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"

3. copy, written matternoun

   matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials

4. copyverb

   material suitable for a journalistic account

   "catastrophes make good copy"

5. copyverb

   copy down as is

   "The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over"

6. imitate, copy, simulateverb

   reproduce someone's behavior or looks

   "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"

7. replicate, copyverb

   reproduce or make an exact copy of

   "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information"

8. copy, re-createverb

   make a replica of

   "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. copynoun

   The result of copying (confer original); an identical duplication.

   Please bring me the copies of those reports.

2. copynoun

   An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.

   That handbag is a copy. You can tell because the buckle is different.

3. copynoun

   The text that is to be typeset.

4. copynoun

   A gender-neutral abbreviation for copy boy

5. copynoun

   The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.

6. copynoun

   The text of newspaper articles.

   Submit all copy to the appropriate editor.

7. copynoun

   A school work pad.

   Tim got in trouble for forgetting his maths copy.

8. copynoun

   A printed edition of a book or magazine.

   Have you seen the latest copy of "Newsweek" yet?

9. copyverb

   To produce an object identical to a given object.

   Please copy these reports for me

10. copyverb

    To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.

    First copy the files, and then paste them in another directory.

11. copyverb

    To imitate.

12. copyverb

    Receive a transmission successfully.

    Do you copy?

13. Etymology: From copie, from copia, from copia, from *, from co- + ops.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COPYnoun

   Etymology: copie, Fr. copia, low Latin. Quod cuipiam facta est copia exscribendi. Franciscus Junius much inclines, after his manner, to derive it from ϰόπος, labour; because, says he, to copy another's writing is very painful and laborious.

   1. A transcript from the archetype or original.

   If virtue’s self were lost, we might
   From your fair mind new copies write. Edmund Waller.

   I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original. John Denham.

   He stept forth, not only the copy of God’s hands, but also the copy of his perfections, a kind of image or representation of the Deity in small. Robert South, Sermons.

   The Romans having sent to Athens, and the Greek cities of Italy, for the copies of the best laws, chose ten legislators to put them into form. Jonathan Swift, on the Dissent. in Athens and Rome.

   2. An individual book; one of many books; as, a good or fair copy.

   The very having of the books of God was a matter of no small charge, as they could not be had otherwise than in written copies. Richard Hooker, b. v. sect. 22.

   3. The autograph; the original; the archetype; that from which any thing is copied.

   It was the copy of our conference:
   In bed he slept not, for my urging it;
   At board he fed not, for my urging it. William Shakespeare, Com. of Err.

   Let him first learn to write, after a copy, all the letters in the vulgar alphabet. William Holder, Elements of Speech.

   The first of them I have forgotten, and cannot easily retrieve, because the copy is at the press. Dryden.

   4. An instrument by which any conveyance is made in law.

   Thou know’st that Banquo and his Fleance lives;
   But in them nature’s copy’s not eternal. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   5. A picture drawn from another picture.

2. To Copyverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To transcribe; to write after an original.

   He who hurts a harmless neighbour’s peace,
   Who loves a lie, lame slander helps about,
   Who writes a libel, or who copies out. Alexander Pope, Epistles.

   2. To imitate; to propose to imitation; to endeavour to resemble.

   He that borrows other men’s experience, with this design of copying it out, possesses himself of one of the greatest advantages. Decay of Piety.

   Set the examples, and their souls inflame,
   To copy out their great forefathers fame. John Dryden, K. Arthur.

   To copy her few nymphs aspir’d,
   Her virtues fewer swains admir’d. Jonathan Swift.

3. To Copyverb

   1. To do any thing in imitation of something else.

   Some imagine, that whatsoever they find in the picture of a master, who has acquired reputation, must of necessity be excellent; and never fail, when they copy, to follow the bad as well as the good things. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

   2. It has sometimes from before the thing imitated.

   When a painter copies from the life, he has no privilege to alter features and lineaments, under pretence that his picture will look better. Dryden.

   3. Sometimes after.

   Several of our countrymen, and Mr. John Dryden in particular, seem very often to have copied after it in their dramatick writings, and in their poems upon love. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. copy

   A copy refers to a replication or duplicate of an original content, object, or idea. It can be a duplicate of a printed material, digital data, artwork, etc., created to have the same features, functions, and appearance as the original. The process of producing a copy can be known as copying.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Copynoun

   an abundance or plenty of anything

2. Copynoun

   an imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue

3. Copynoun

   an individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison

4. Copynoun

   that which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation

5. Copynoun

   manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy

6. Copynoun

   a writing paper of a particular size. Same as Bastard. See under Paper

7. Copynoun

   copyhold; tenure; lease

8. Copynoun

   to make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; -- often with out, sometimes with off

9. Copynoun

   to imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life

10. Copyverb

    to make a copy or copies; to imitate

11. Copyverb

    to yield a duplicate or transcript; as, the letter did not copy well

12. Etymology: [Cf. F. copir, fr. LL. copiare. See Copy, n.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Copy

   Copy refers to written material, in contrast to photographs or other elements of layout, in a large number of contexts, including magazines, advertising, and book publishing. In advertising, web marketing and similar fields, copy refers to the output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services. In publishing more generally, the term copy refers to the text in books, magazines, and newspapers. In books, it means the text as written by the author, which the copy editor then prepares for typesetting and printing. In newspapers and magazines, "body copy", the main article or text that writers are responsible for, is contrasted with "display copy," accompanying material such as headlines and captions, which are usually written by copy editors or sub-editors.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Copy

   kop′i, n. an imitation from an original pattern, a transcript: that which is imitated: a specimen of penmanship to be imitated: the original work from which an imitation or reproduction is made: manuscript for printing.—v.t. to write, paint, &c. after an original: to imitate: to transcribe:—pa.p. cop′ied.—ns. Cop′ier, Cop′yer, one who copies: an imitator; Cop′y-book, a book in which copies are written or printed for imitation; Cop′yhold (Eng. law), a species of estate or right of holding land, for which the owner can only show the copy of the rolls originally made by the steward of the lord's court; Cop′yholder, one who has a tenure of land by copyhold; Cop′ying-press, a machine for copying manuscript letters by pressure; Cop′yism, the practice of the copyist; Cop′yist, one whose business is to copy documents; Copy′right, the exclusive right of an author or his heirs to multiply copies of a written or printed composition, or of a work of art (for books in England the term is forty-two years, or the life of the author and seven years, whichever is longer).—adj. protected by copyright.—v.t. to secure the copyright of.—A copy of verses, a set of verses, esp. a college exercise. [Fr. copie, from L. copia, plenty; in Low L. a transcript.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. copy

   To move data from a digital location to a specific digital location.

   We did copy the data from our computer to the server.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 21, 2020  

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1. COPY

   What does COPY stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the COPY acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Biology
   • Duplicate
   • Make
   • Representation
   • Text
   • Write

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'copy' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2166

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'copy' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1392

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'copy' in Nouns Frequency: #560

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'copy' in Verbs Frequency: #697

How to pronounce copy?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of copy in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of copy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of copy in a Sentence

1. Mohammad Ali Qureshi:

   Members of the VHP came to Deonar abattoir late at night and asked us to stop the slaughter, showing the copy of the High Court order.

2. David Sinclair:

   The astonishing finding is that there’s a backup copy of the software in the body that you can reset, we’re showing why that software gets corrupted and how we can reboot the system by tapping into a reset switch that restores the cell’s ability to read the genome correctly again, as if it was young.

3. Bill Robles:

   The girls would have outbursts. He would have occasional outbursts. They would all do the same thing and copy him. One time they removed him from the courtroom and put him a holding cell, behind a locked door with a little screen, at one point he was agitated and (said) something to the effect of 'Somebody ought to cut your head off, judge' ... And before you knew it, Bingo! He was leaping toward the judge. The bailiff tackled him in midair.

4. Rodrigo Nunes:

   The way Jair Bolsonaro narrative is built, to a large extent, as a copy or a mirror image of the narrative that they have in United States is very useful in the sense of showing people this is happening in other places, too. This proves the whole idea that there is a global conspiracy, a global left wing conspiracy to keep us, the people who represent the real people, out of power.

5. Jessie Liu:

   The Justice Department plans to make available for review by a limited number of members of Congress and their staff a copy of the special counsel's report without certain redactions, the Justice Department intends to secure this version of the report in an appropriate setting that will be accessible to a limited number of members of Congress and their staff.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=copy
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Copy
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=copy
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copy
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=copy
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=copy