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noun | verb copycopy1 /ˈkɑpi/ ●●● S1 W2 noun (plural copies) ETYMOLOGYcopy1Origin: 1300-1400 Old French copie, from Latin copia large amounts ► Make a copy Make a copy of the check for your records. ► exact copy an exact copy of the original painting ► back-up copy Keep a back-up copy on disk. ► made good copy The murder made good copy (=was an interesting subject) for the local newspaper. THESAURUSused to talk about one more person or thing of the same type► anotherused to talk about one more person or thing of the same type: Can I have another piece of cake? I received the first check on Monday and another on Tuesday. ► spare another thing like the usual one that you can use if it is needed: Flat tires aren't hard to fix – as long as you have a spare in the trunk. ► copy another thing that has been made to be like something else: You can keep the CD – I have a copy. ► duplicate another thing that is an exact copy: I had a duplicate of the key made at the hardware store. 1[countable] something that is made to be exactly like another thing: The application was sent in June, and this is a copy.copy of The chair is a copy of an original design. Make a copy of the check for your records. an exact copy of the original painting Keep a back-up copy on disk.2[countable] one of many books, magazines, records, etc. that are all exactly the same: For a free copy, call 555–9121.copy of an illegal copy of the software program The album sold more than a million copies.3[uncountable] something written in order to be printed in a newspaper, magazine, advertisement, etc.: All copy must be on my desk by Monday morning. The murder made good copy (=was an interesting subject) for the local newspaper. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French copie, from Latin copia large amounts] → see also hard copy noun | verb copycopy2 ●●● S1 W3 verb (, copied, copying) VERB TABLEcopy |
| Present | I, you, we, they | copy | | he, she, it | copies | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | copied | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have copied | | he, she, it | has copied | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had copied | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will copy | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have copied |
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| Present | I | am copying | | he, she, it | is copying | | you, we, they | are copying | | Past | I, he, she, it | was copying | | you, we, they | were copying | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been copying | | he, she, it | has been copying | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been copying | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be copying | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been copying |
► copy (something) from something a recipe copied from the newspaper THESAURUS to behave in a dishonest way in order to win or to get an advantage, especially in a competition, game, or test► cheat to behave in a dishonest way in order to win or to get an advantage, especially in a competition, game, or test: In the movie, she lies and cheats to get what she wants. You can’t look – that’s cheating. ► copy to cheat by looking at someone else’s text or schoolwork and writing what he or she has written: Stop copying or I’ll tell the teacher. ► plagiarize to copy someone else’s words or ideas and pretend they are your own: She got caught plagiarizing an article from the Internet in her essay, and was kicked out of college. 1 [transitive] to deliberately make something exactly like another thing: Copy the file onto a disk to save it. Can you get the letter copied right away?copy (something) from something a recipe copied from the newspaper2[transitive] to do something that someone else has done, or to behave like someone else: Children often try to copy what they see on TV.3[intransitive, transitive] to cheat on a test, school work, etc. by looking at someone else’s work and writing the same thing that he or she has written: Several honors students were caught copying each other’s answers.copy from/off He’d copied from the girl sitting next to him.► see thesaurus at cheat1copy something ↔ down phrasal verb to write something down exactly as it was said or written: He copied down the facts onto an index card.copy somebody in phrasal verb to send someone a copy of an email message you are sending to someone else → cc: copy in on Can you copy me in on the memo you’re sending to Chris?copy something ↔ out phrasal verb to write something again exactly as it is written in the document that you are looking at: He copied out the number in his notebook. |