COPY | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

Middle English (denoting a transcript or copy of a document): from Old French copie (noun), copier (verb), from Latin copia ‘abundance’ (in medieval Latin ‘transcript’, from such phrases as copiam describendi facere ‘give permission to transcribe’)

a thing made to be similar or identical to another

thing made to be like another

• the problem is telling which is the original document and which the copy

a single specimen of a particular book, record, or other publication or issue

single specimen of publication

• the record has sold more than a million copies

matter to be printed

matter to be printed

• copy for the next issue must be submitted by the beginning of the month

a blank booklet or notebook used for schoolwork

booklet with blank pages for students

• examinees will not be allowed to take pens, copies, or water bottles inside the test centre
• you need a stock of exercise copies, A4 refill pads, and maths copies

make a similar or identical version of; reproduce

reproduce

• each form had to be copied and sent to a different department

imitate the style or behaviour of

imitate

• lifestyles that were copied from Miami and Fifth Avenue
• art students copied from approved old masters

hear or understand someone speaking on a radio transmitter

hear or understand someone speaking on radio transmitter

• this is Edwards, do you copy, over