Definition of "copy"

copy

/ˈkɒpi/

noun
plural copies
1. The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original.
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  I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original.
  1656, John Denham, preface to The Destruction of Troy
2. An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
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.
7. A school work pad.
8. A printed edition of a book or magazine.
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.
  Quotations
  Let him first learn to write, after a copy of all the letters.
  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, […]
11. (obsolete) An abundance or plenty of anything.
  Quotations
  She was blessed with no more copy of wit, but to serve his humour thus.
  1599 (first performance; published 1600), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man out of His Humour. A Comicall Satyre. […]”, in The Workes of Ben Jonson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)
12. (obsolete) copyhold; tenure; lease
  Quotations
  But in them nature's copy's not eterne
  c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene ii]
13. (genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.
verb
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.
  Quotations
  [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.
  2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892
2. (transitive) To give or transmit a copy to (a person).
3. (transitive, computing) To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
4. (transitive) To imitate.
  Quotations
  We copy instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation.
  1793, Dugald Stewart, Outlines of Moral Philosophy
5. (radio) To receive a transmission successfully.

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