copy in English dictionary

  • copy

    Meanings and definitions of "copy"

    • The result of copying (confer original); an identical duplication.
    • An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
    • (journalism) The text that is to be typeset.
    • (marketing) The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.
    • (uncountable) The text of newspaper articles.
    • A school work pad.
    • A printed edition of a book or magazine.
    • (transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.
    • (transitive, computing) To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
    • (transitive) To imitate.
    • (transitive) (radio) Receive a transmission successfully.
    • noun
      The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original.
    • noun
      An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
    • noun
      (journalism)
      The text that is to be typeset.
    • noun
      (journalism)
      A gender-neutral abbreviation for copy boy
    • noun
      (marketing)
      The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      The text of newspaper articles.
    • noun
      A school work pad.
    • noun
      A printed edition of a book or magazine.
    • noun
      Writing paper of a particular size, called also bastard.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      An abundance or plenty of anything.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      copyhold; tenure; lease
    • noun
      (genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To produce an object identical to a given object.
    • verb
      (transitive, computing)
      To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To imitate.
    • verb
      (transitive, radio)
      To receive a transmission successfully.
    • result of copying; an identical duplication
    • imitation of inferior quality
    • journalism: text that is to be typeset
    • marketing: output of copywriter
    • text of a newspaper article
    • printed edition of a book or magazine
    • produce something identical
    • place a copy in memory
    • imitate
    • radio term
    • To duplicate information and reproduce it in another part of a document, in a different file or memory location, or in a different medium. A copy operation can affect data ranging from a single character to large segments of text, a graphics image, or from one to many data files.
    • A reproduction of a written record.
    • A secondary representation of an original.
    • To reproduce someone's behavior or looks.
    • (news) copy
    • copy (of the real thing)
    • noun
      a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
    • noun
      a single example of something that occurs in a multiple edition, such as a book, article, film, recording, etc.
      The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt sold over 6 million copies in the six weeks following its launch.
    • noun
      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"
    • noun
      material suitable for a journalistic account; "catastrophes make good copy"
    • noun
      matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials
    • verb
      copy down as is; "The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over"
    • verb
      make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt"
    • verb
      reproduce or make an exact copy of; "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information"
    • verb
      reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"

    Synonyms of "copy" in English dictionary

    simulate, transcript, text are the top synonyms of "copy" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of copy

    • copy ( plural  copies)
    • copy ( third-person singular simple present copies, present participle copying, simple past and past participle copied)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza copy, lm  liczba mnoga copies copy, copied, copied, copies, copying
    • copy (plural copies)
    • copy (third-person singular simple present copies, present participle copying, simple past and past participle copied)
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