Definitions for copy

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copy cop·y

Spelling: [kop-ee]

IPA: /ˈkɒp i/

Copy is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 21 anagrams from letters in copy (copy).

Definitions for copy

noun

1. an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
2. one of the various examples or specimens of the same book, engraving, or the like.
3. written matter intended to be reproduced in printed form:
4. the text of a news story, advertisement, television commercial, etc., as distinguished from related visual material.
5. the newsworthiness of a person, thing, or event (often preceded by good or bad): Compare news (def 4).
6. Computers. an exact duplicate of a file, program, etc.:
7. Genetics. replication (def 7).
8. Printing. pictures and artwork prepared for reproduction.
9. British Informal. (in schools) a composition; a written assignment.
10. British. a size of drawing or writing paper, 16 × 20 inches (40 × 50 cm).
11. Archaic. something that is to be reproduced; an example or pattern, as of penmanship to be copied by a pupil.

Idioms

1. copy the mail, Citizens Band Radio Slang. mail1 (def 9).

verb (used with object)

1. to make a copy of; transcribe; reproduce:
2. to receive and understand (a radio message or its sender).
3. to follow as a pattern or model; imitate.
4. Computers. to make an exact duplicate of (a file, selected text, etc.) and store in another location or in temporary memory: Compare cut (def 24), paste (def 13).

verb (used without object)

1. to make a copy or copies.
2. to undergo copying:
3. to hear or receive a radio message, as over a CB radio:
4. Also, cocky. Newfoundland. to leap from one ice pan to another across open water.

Origin of copy

1300-50; Middle English copie (Anglo-French) Medieval Latin cōpia abundance, something copied, Latin: wealth, abundance; see copious; (def 18) originally a childre

Examples for copy

So, I was copying it and getting it out, and I kept a copy on myself at all times with really, really strong passwords.

He's starting to sound like a schoolboy with a copy of Penthouse.

I'll burn my copy before I will let you have a glimpse of it.

In fact, George Smith printed a copy of the seal in his book (p. 91).

But when their first book, SuicideGirls, came out in 2004, she gifted her a copy.

(I obtained a copy of the original through the same FOIA request as the Unabomber file).

Pray accept this author's copy with his best and hopefullest wishes.

The following is a copy of what I wrote, and what follows that, of the answer sent me.

I will now give you a copy of my letter to my sister; with her answer.

Anger Is an Energy is a tremendously entertaining read, and I urge everyone to pick up a copy and start dreaming again.