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- [kop-ee]
- /ˈkɒp i/
- /ˈkɒpi/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kop-ee]
- /ˈkɒp i/
Definitions of copy word
- countable noun copy If you make a copy of something, you produce something that looks like the original thing. 3
- verb copy If you copy something, you produce something that looks like the original thing. 3
- verb copy If you copy a piece of writing, you write it again exactly. 3
- verb copy Copy out means the same as copy. 3
- verb copy If you copy a person or what they do, you try to do what they do or try to be like them, usually because you admire them or what they have done. 3
- countable noun copy A copy of a book, newspaper, or CD is one of many that are exactly the same. 3
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Origin of copy
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English copie (< Anglo-French) < Medieval Latin cōpia abundance, something copied, Latin: wealth, abundance; see copious; (def 18) originally a children's game, from the phrase copy the leader
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Parts of speech for Copy
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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
copy popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
copy usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for copy
verb copy
- plagiarize — to take and use by plagiarism.
- transcribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- rewrite — to write in a different form or manner; revise: to rewrite the entire book.
- imitate — to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example: to imitate an author's style; to imitate an older brother.
- photocopy — a photographic reproduction of a document, print, or the like.
noun copy
- reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
- duplicate — a copy exactly like an original.
- replica — a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- facsimile — an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.
- print — to produce (a text, picture, etc.) by applying inked types, plates, blocks, or the like, to paper or other material either by direct pressure or indirectly by offsetting an image onto an intermediate roller.
adjective copy
- copier — A copier is a machine which makes exact copies of writing or pictures on paper, usually by a photographic process.
- of a kind — a class or group of individual objects, people, animals, etc., of the same nature or character, or classified together because they have traits in common; category: Our dog is the same kind as theirs.
Antonyms for copy
verb copy
- reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
- turn off — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
noun copy
- original — belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
- difference — the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
- dissimilarity — unlikeness; difference.
- opposite — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
- unlike — different, dissimilar, or unequal; not alike: They contributed unlike sums to charity.
adjective copy
- master — botmaster
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