- copy
- [[t]kɒ̱pi[/t]]
♦♦copies, copying, copied1) N-COUNT: usu N of n If you make a copy of something, you produce something that looks like the original thing.
The reporter apparently obtained a copy of Steve's resignation letter...
Always keep a copy of everything in your own files.
Syn:2) VERB If you copy something, you produce something that looks like the original thing.[V n] She never participated in obtaining or copying any classified documents for anyone.
[V n] ...lawsuits against companies who have unlawfully copied computer programs.
[V n] ...top designers, whose work has been widely copied...
[V n from n] Firmicus relates that he copied the chart from a book by Aesculapius.
3) VERB If you copy a piece of writing, you write it again exactly.[V n] He would allow John slyly to copy his answers to impossibly difficult algebra questions...
[V n into n] He copied the data into a notebook...
[V from n] We're copying from textbooks because we don't have enough textbooks.
Copy out means the same as copy.V P n (not pron)
He wrote the title on the blackboard, then copied out the text sentence by sentence... V n P `Did he leave a phone number?' - `Oh, yes.' She copied it out for him.4) VERB 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.[V n] Children can be seen to copy the behaviour of others whom they admire or identify with...
[V n] He can claim to have been defeated by opponents copying his own tactics.
[V n from n] ...the coquettish gestures she had copied from actresses in soap operas.
Syn:Derived words:copying N-UNCOUNTChildren learn by copying.
5) N-COUNT: oft N of n A copy of a book, newspaper, or record is one of many that are exactly the same.I bought a copy of `USA Today' from a street-corner machine...
You can obtain a copy for $2 from New York Central Art Supply.
6) N-UNCOUNT In journalism, copy is written material that is ready to be printed or read in a broadcast. [TECHNICAL]...his ability to write the most lyrical copy in the history of sports television.
...advertising copy.
7) N-UNCOUNT In journalism, copy is news or information that can be used in an article in a newspaper. [TECHNICAL]...journalists looking for good copy.
8) → See also , carbon copy, hard copyPhrasal Verbs:- copy out
English dictionary. 2008.
