copy
Noun:
- A thing made to be similar or identical to another thing: An object or document that is produced to look exactly like an original.
- Matter to be printed; text for publication: The written material prepared for printing in a book, newspaper, or advertisement.
- Material suitable for a journalistic account: Information or an event that is considered good material for a news story.
Verb:
- To make a replica or reproduction of something: To produce something that is the same as an original object or document.
- To reproduce someone's behavior or looks: To imitate or mimic the actions, speech, or appearance of another person.
- To write down or transcribe something exactly: To write out text that is seen or heard.
Noun:
- She kept a copy of the contract for her records.
- The journalist was always looking for a good copy to write about.
- The printer asked for the final copy by noon.
Verb:
- Please copy this file to the shared folder.
- Young children often copy the behavior of their parents.
- The student was asked to copy the notes from the board.
"To make a copy of": To produce a duplicate.
- I need to make a copy of my passport for the application.
"Hard copy": A physical printout of a digital document.
- Please submit both a digital file and a hard copy of your report.
"Blind copy (Bcc)": A hidden copy of an email sent to a recipient without other recipients' knowledge.
- I sent the memo to the team and put the manager on blind copy.
Copyright (n): The exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, or sell a creative work.
- The copyright for the book belongs to the author.
Copycat (n): A person who imitates or copies another's behavior, work, or style.
- The new product was dismissed as a copycat of the market leader.
Copywriter (n): A person who writes text for advertisements or promotional material.
- The copywriter created a catchy slogan for the campaign.
- Noun: Duplicate, replica, reproduction, transcript.
- Verb: Duplicate, replicate, imitate, mimic, transcribe.
Copy down: To write something on paper exactly as it is said or shown.
- The secretary copied down every word of the meeting minutes.
Copy out: To write out a full version of something from a source.
- As punishment, he had to copy out the poem fifty times.
A carbon copy: An exact duplicate; someone or something very similar to another.
- The sequel was just a carbon copy of the first movie.
To copy and paste: (From computing) To duplicate digital information from one place to another. Often used figuratively to describe unoriginal work or thought.
- Don't just copy and paste from the website; write it in your own words.
- material suitable for a journalistic account
- catastrophes make good copy
- matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials
- 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
- a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
- make a replica of
- copy that drawing
- re-create a picture by Rembrandt
- reproduce or make an exact copy of
- replicate the cell
- copy the genetic information
- reproduce someone's behavior or looks
- The mime imitated the passers-by
- Children often copy their parents or older siblings
- copy down as is
- The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over