copyverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈkɒp.i/us/ˈkɑː.pi/copy verb [ I or T ] (PRODUCE)
A2 to produce something so that it is the same as an original piece of work:
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- They've copied the basic design from the Japanese model and added a few of their own refinements.
- She cheated in the test by copying from the boy in front.
- All authors need to be wary of inadvertent copying of other people's ideas.
- Make sure the file you're copying to is open before you click 'Paste'.
- She tried to copy the actress's clothes.
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Copying and copies
- ape
- blueprint
- carbon copy
- carbon paper
- co-opt
- derivative
- imitate
- imitation
- imitative
- imitator
- impersonate
- leaf
- pirate
- plagiarize
- recreate
- reinvent
- replica
- reproduce
- reproduction
- simulation
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copy verb [ I or T ] (BEHAVE)
B2 to behave, dress, speak, etc. in a way that is intended to be like someone else, for example, because you admire that person:
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Copying and copies
- ape
- blueprint
- carbon copy
- carbon paper
- co-opt
- derivative
- imitate
- imitation
- imitative
- imitator
- impersonate
- leaf
- pirate
- plagiarize
- recreate
- reinvent
- replica
- reproduce
- reproduction
- simulation
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If you copy and paste something on a computer screen, you move it from one area to another.
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Computer concepts
- aeroplane mode
- airplane mode
- atomicity
- augmented reality
- back end
- clone
- cloud
- corruption
- default to sth
- desktop
- electronic
- gigabyte
- GUI
- reboot
- template
- tuple
- virtual
- virtually
- web hosting
- what you see is what you get idiom
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Phrasal verb(s)
copynoun
uk/ˈkɒp.i/us/ˈkɑː.pi/copy noun (VERSION)
B1 [ C ] something that has been made to be exactly like something else:
B2 [ C ] a single book, newspaper, record, or other printed or recorded text of which many have been produced:
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- We enclose a copy of our latest brochure, with our compliments.
- Would you make a copy for everybody in the office and a few extra ones for the visitors.
- Could you print out a copy of that letter for me?
- I'd really like a copy of the photograph - could you send me one?
- I seem to have acquired two copies of this book.
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Copying and copies
- ape
- blueprint
- carbon copy
- carbon paper
- co-opt
- derivative
- imitate
- imitation
- imitative
- imitator
- impersonate
- leaf
- pirate
- plagiarize
- recreate
- reinvent
- replica
- reproduce
- reproduction
- simulation
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copy noun (TEXT)
[ U ] written text that is to be printed, or text that is intended to help with the sale of a product:
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Publishing: printing & word processing
- bed
- bold
- Braille
- bullet
- bullet point
- CMYK
- indentation
- inline
- intaglio printing
- italic
- italicize
- landscape
- plate
- printer
- publication
- publish
- put sth to bed idiom
- reissue
- reprint
- stamp
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