copy

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Etymology 1

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    From Middle English copy, copie, from Old French copie (abundance, plenty; transcript, copy), from Medieval Latin copia (reproduction, transcript), from Latin cōpia (plenty, abundance), from *coopia, from co- (together) + ops (wealth, riches). More at opulent.

    Noun

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    copy (plural copies)

    1. The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original.
      Please bring me the copies of those reports.
      • 1656, John Denham, preface to The Destruction of Troy:
        I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original.
    2. An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
      That handbag is a copy. You can tell because the buckle is different.
    3. (journalism) The text that is to be typeset.
    4. (journalism) A gender-neutral abbreviation for copy boy.
    5. (marketing, advertising) The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.
    6. (uncountable) The text of newspaper articles.
      Submit all copy to the appropriate editor.
    7. A school work pad.
      Tim got in trouble for forgetting his maths copy.
    8. A printed edition of a book or magazine.
      Have you seen the latest copy of "Newsweek" yet?
      The library has several copies of the Bible.
    9. Writing paper of a particular size, called also bastard.
    10. (obsolete) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example.
      His virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.
      • 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters: [], London: [] T. N[ewcomb] for J[ohn] Martyn printer to the R[oyal] Society, [], →OCLC:
        Let him first learn to write, after a copy of all the letters.
    11. (obsolete) An abundance or plenty of anything.
    12. (obsolete) copyhold; tenure; lease
    13. (genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.
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    Etymology 2

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      From Middle English copien, from Old French copier and Medieval Latin cōpiō.[1]

      Verb

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      copy (third-person singular simple present copies, present participle copying, simple past and past participle copied)

      1. (transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.
        Please copy these reports for me.
        Don't copy that floppy!
        • 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:
          [Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes. The truth is that Newton was very much a product of his time.
      2. (transitive) To give or transmit a copy to (a person).
        Make sure you copy me on that important memo.
      3. (transitive, computing) To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
        First copy the files, and then paste them in another directory.
      4. (transitive) To imitate.
        Don't copy my dance moves.
        Mom, he's copying me!
        • 1793, Dugald Stewart, Outlines of Moral Philosophy:
          We copy instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation.
      5. (radio) To receive a transmission successfully.
        Do you copy?
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      1. ^ cō̆pīen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

      Chinese

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      Etymology

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      From English copy.

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      copy

      1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) copy (of a document or a file) (Classifier: c;  c)

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      copy

      1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to copy

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      copy

      1. nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of cop

      Finnish

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      Etymology

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      From English copy.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈkopy/, [ˈko̞py]
      • Syllabification(key): co‧py

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      copy (slang)

      1. A copywriter.
      2. A copy (output of copywriter).

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      Inflection of copy (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
      nominative copy copyt
      genitive copyn copyjen
      partitive copya copyja
      illative copyyn copyihin
      singular plural
      nominative copy copyt
      accusative nom. copy copyt
      gen. copyn
      genitive copyn copyjen
      partitive copya copyja
      inessive copyssa copyissa
      elative copysta copyista
      illative copyyn copyihin
      adessive copylla copyilla
      ablative copylta copyilta
      allative copylle copyille
      essive copyna copyina
      translative copyksi copyiksi
      abessive copytta copyitta
      instructive copyin
      comitative See the possessive forms below.
      Possessive forms of copy (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
      first-person singular possessor
      singular plural
      nominative copyni copyni
      accusative nom. copyni copyni
      gen. copyni
      genitive copyni copyjeni
      partitive copyani copyjani
      inessive copyssani copyissani
      elative copystani copyistani
      illative copyyni copyihini
      adessive copyllani copyillani
      ablative copyltani copyiltani
      allative copylleni copyilleni
      essive copynani copyinani
      translative copykseni copyikseni
      abessive copyttani copyittani
      instructive
      comitative copyineni
      second-person singular possessor
      singular plural
      nominative copysi copysi
      accusative nom. copysi copysi
      gen. copysi
      genitive copysi copyjesi
      partitive copyasi copyjasi
      inessive copyssasi copyissasi
      elative copystasi copyistasi
      illative copyysi copyihisi
      adessive copyllasi copyillasi
      ablative copyltasi copyiltasi
      allative copyllesi copyillesi
      essive copynasi copyinasi
      translative copyksesi copyiksesi
      abessive copyttasi copyittasi
      instructive
      comitative copyinesi
      first-person plural possessor
      singular plural
      nominative copymme copymme
      accusative nom. copymme copymme
      gen. copymme
      genitive copymme copyjemme
      partitive copyamme copyjamme
      inessive copyssamme copyissamme
      elative copystamme copyistamme
      illative copyymme copyihimme
      adessive copyllamme copyillamme
      ablative copyltamme copyiltamme
      allative copyllemme copyillemme
      essive copynamme copyinamme
      translative copyksemme copyiksemme
      abessive copyttamme copyittamme
      instructive
      comitative copyinemme
      second-person plural possessor
      singular plural
      nominative copynne copynne
      accusative nom. copynne copynne
      gen. copynne
      genitive copynne copyjenne
      partitive copyanne copyjanne
      inessive copyssanne copyissanne
      elative copystanne copyistanne
      illative copyynne copyihinne
      adessive copyllanne copyillanne
      ablative copyltanne copyiltanne
      allative copyllenne copyillenne
      essive copynanne copyinanne
      translative copyksenne copyiksenne
      abessive copyttanne copyittanne
      instructive
      comitative copyinenne
      third-person possessor
      singular plural
      nominative copynsa copynsa
      accusative nom. copynsa copynsa
      gen. copynsa
      genitive copynsa copyjensa
      partitive copyaan
      copyansa
      copyjaan
      copyjansa
      inessive copyssaan
      copyssansa
      copyissaan
      copyissansa
      elative copystaan
      copystansa
      copyistaan
      copyistansa
      illative copyynsa copyihinsa
      adessive copyllaan
      copyllansa
      copyillaan
      copyillansa
      ablative copyltaan
      copyltansa
      copyiltaan
      copyiltansa
      allative copylleen
      copyllensa
      copyilleen
      copyillensa
      essive copynaan
      copynansa
      copyinaan
      copyinansa
      translative copykseen
      copyksensa
      copyikseen
      copyiksensa
      abessive copyttaan
      copyttansa
      copyittaan
      copyittansa
      instructive
      comitative copyineen
      copyinensa

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