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copying

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /ˈkɑː.pi/
    • /ˈkɒp.i/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /ˈkɑː.pi/

Definitions of copying word

  • noun copying the act of copying 3
  • noun copying Present participle of copy. 1

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Parts of speech for Copying

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

copying popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% 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".

copying usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for copying

noun copying

  • bootlegging — alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
  • piracy — software piracy
  • swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
  • replication — a reply; answer.
  • reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.

adjective copying

  • imitating — to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example: to imitate an author's style; to imitate an older brother.
  • quoting — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
  • mimetic — characterized by, exhibiting, or of the nature of imitation or mimicry: mimetic gestures.
  • onomatopoetic — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
  • simulant — simulating; feigning; imitating.

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