copy

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English

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Etymology

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.

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Noun

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 for J Martyn printer to the R 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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Verb

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.
    • 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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Chinese

Etymology

From English copy.

Pronunciation


Noun

copy

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

Verb

copy

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to copy

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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

copy

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

Finnish

Etymology

From English copy.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

copy (slang)

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

Declension

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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