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Definition: Copy |
CopyNoun1. A reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record). 2. A secondary representation of an original; "she made a copy of the designer dress". 3. Matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials. 4. Material suitable for a journalistic account; "catastrophes make good copy". Verb1. Copy down as is; "The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over". 2. Reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings". 3. Imitate in behavior or appearance; "She is imitating the comedian very well!". 4. Make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "copy" was first used: sometime in the early 14th century. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | To reproduce information without changing it. (references) |
Business | The -- is the written or spoken message in an advertisement. Source: European Union. (references) |
Computing | Reproduction of information without changing its original format or context, even though the form of the copied information may be different from that of the source; as from copying from punched cards onto magnetic tape. Source: European Union. (references) |
General | Material to be, or in the process of being, set up for printing. Not to be confused with the everyday use of "copy" as opposed to "original". Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Copy That's a mere copy of your countenance. Not your real wish or meaning, but merely one you choose to present to me. Copy is a printer's term both for original MS. and printed matter that is to be set up in type. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mechanical Engineering | To duplicate a pattern by automatic guidance of a cutting tool, i. e. to produce workpieces from a template or master workpiece. Source: European Union. (references) |
Publishing & Graphic Arts | To a printer, -- means the manuscript to be set in type. The key ingredient of a printing job are --, layout, and artwork. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A term copy is used with following contexts:
- Copy and paste,
- Copier
- Photocopying, Xerox
- Fax
- Facsimile
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Copy."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| CB,carbonless copy paper | English | Coated back | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: CopySynonyms: transcript (n), written matter (n), imitate (v), re-create (v), simulate (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deception | Mockery; (imitation); copy; counterfeit, sham, make-believe, forgery, fraud; lie; "a delusion a mockery and a snare", hollow mockery. |
Imitation | Verb: imitate, copy, mirror, reflect, reproduce, repeat; do like, echo, reecho, catch; transcribe; match, parallel. |
Mockery, mimicry; simulation, impersonation, personation; representation; semblance; copy; assimilation. | |
Plan | Sketch, skeleton, outline, draught, draft, ebauche, brouillon; rough cast, rough draft, draught copy; copy; proof, revise. |
Printing | Folio; (book); copy, impression, pull, proof, revise; author's proof, galley proof, press proof; press revise. |
Prototype | Text, copy, design; fugleman, keynote. die, mold; matrix, last, plasm; proplasm, protoplasm; mint; seal, punch, intaglio, negative; stamp. |
Record | Record, note, minute; register, registry; roll; (list); cartulary, diptych, Domesday book; catalogue raisonne; entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket; notch; (mark); muniment, deed; (security); document; deposition, proces verbal; affidavit; certificate; (evidence). |
Representation | Verb: represent, delineate; depict, depicture; portray; take a likeness, catch a likeness; Noun: hit off, photograph, daguerreotype; snapshot; figure, shadow forth, shadow out; adumbrate; body forth; describe; trace, copy; mold. |
Writing | Verb: write, pen; copy, engross; write out, write out fair; transcribe; scribble, scrawl, scrabble, scratch; interline; stain paper; write down; (record); sign; (attest); enface. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Copy |
| English words defined with "copy": carbon copy, copy out ♦ fair copy, Foul copy ♦ hard copy ♦ Office copy ♦ Presentation copy, prompt copy ♦ review copy ♦ To cast off copy ♦ write copy ♦ xerox copy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "copy": added copy, archive copy ♦ Blind Carbon Copy, body copy ♦ copy adapter, copy adaptor, copy and paste, copy desk, copy from DOS/OS2/UNIX, COPY HOLDER, copy member, copy module, copy protection, COPY WRITER ♦ disk/tape copy utility ♦ identical copy, intermediate copy ♦ multiple copy ♦ partial copy ♦ reason why copy, reflex copy ♦ Security copy, selective copy ♦ Unix to Unix Copy. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "copy": Transcriptive. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Copy" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Indonesian (dactylogram, dactylograms). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You owe me a copy of the Beach Boy's greatest hits (Rush Hour 2; writing credit: Jeff Nathanson) I'm half asleep again, I must have left the original in the copy machine (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) You know when you make a copy of a copy, it just isn't as clear as the original (Multiplicity ; writing credit: Lowell Ganz, Mary Hale, Babaloo Mandel, Chris Miller) I'm having a copy made for you. (The Thin Man; writing credit: Dashiell Hammett; Albert Hackett) You! Fetch me my copy of the Wall Street Journal (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) | |
Lyrics | This broad is quick to copy every time I get a new weave (Get Away; performing artist: Jade) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Copy Cat (1941) Carbon Copy (1998) Hard-on Copy (1994) Hardcore Copy (1993) Copy Copy (1992) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title | ||
Books | |||
Periodicals | |||
Theater & Movies | |||
Music |
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High Tech |
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Consumer Goods | |||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Map of Manassas Junction constructed by Coast Survey Assistant Henry L. Whiting in April 1862. This map was printed as a commemorative copy on the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the formation of the Survey of the Coast. Credit: Treasures of the Library. | ![]() | Military map of South-Eastern Virginia published by the United States Coast Survey. This map was printed as a commemorative copy on the occasion of on the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the formation of the Survey of the Coast. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
![]() | Figure 20. Dumaige thermometer constructed by Paul Dumaige who was a long-time collaborator with the Prince of Monaco. Duimage was known for having constructe d the closing mechanism for a plankton net used by Albert I. It is not known whether this instrument was a copy of an existing instruments or if it was made to improve certain shortcomings. Two of them were used in 1892 at 4808 meters. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ![]() | [Dorothy McGuire in "Reward Unlimited" looking at a copy of a magazine with a cadet nurse on the cover] / National Archives. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | [Haloid Xerox copy flo machine]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Accepts a plaque from Captain Robert L. Latta, senior Navy recruiter in New York City, during a ceremony at the home of her daughter, 30 January 1977. The plaque recognizes her long-time assistance to the Navy's recruiting efforts. Mrs. Finch was the model for the World War I Howard Chandler Christy recruiting poster "Gee!! I Wish I Were a Man", a copy of which is also seen in this photograph. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | On board USS Chicago (CA-29) in 1938. Those present are identifed on the photograph, and in Photo # NH 83110 (complete caption). See Photo # NH 83111 for a copy of this image that has been autographed by all those present. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Plaster copy of Houdon's Washington. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Rep. John S. Wood (D.--Ga.) holds a copy of his bill which a coalition of Republicans and Southern Democrats hope to pass in place of the administration's labor bill ... Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | A Samaritan high priest and his sons with the most ancient copy of the Pentateuch. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "David: The Copy 2" by Kim Werker Commentary: "The replica, in Florence, Italy." | "Notepad" by Alexandre S. S. Commentary: "That´s my notepad . it´s a nice and useful texture. <br>make some fixes and go on! --> Please forward a copy of any final work which uses this image. <br>." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Ben Johnson | I'll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news. |
Marcus T. Cicero | In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy. |
Oliver Goldsmith | People seldom improve when they have no other model than themselves to copy. |
Sir Richard Steele | Simplicity of all things is the hardest to be copy. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | This, then, is a plain case for a mandamus, either to deliver the commission, or a copy of it from the record; and it only remains to be enquired, Whether it can issue from this court. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Secretary-General will communicate a certified copy of the recommendation or draft convention to each of the members. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | We copy the schedule then written by him. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Stephen sat down at his right and the priest at the other side of the table closed his copy of The Tablet with an angry snap and stood up. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | An old copy of the Philadelphia (r)Ledger was on the floor against the wall, its pages yellow and curling |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Genes come in pairs, with one copy inherited from each parent. (references) | |
A copy of each overhead is included in a packet at the end of each module. (references) | ||
In 88% of cases, the extra copy of chromosome 21 is derived from the mother. (references) | ||
Business | A copy may be obtained from this office. (references) | |
This high admiration is also behind repeated attempts to copy or adapt what the U.S. has to offer. (references) | ||
Furthermore, importers, distributors, wholesalers and retailers must have copy of the certification. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Kazakhstan | The newspaper had received a copy of the appeal at a news conference attended by other local media. (references) |
Seychelles | The Supreme Court dismissed the charge; however, the Attorney General's office sought a court order to obtain a copy of the letter. (references) | |
Mauritania | The Ministry of the Interior reviews all newspaper copy prior to publication and usually authorizes sales and distribution within 2 to 3 days. (references) | |
Economic History | Luxembourg | For more information or to obtain a copy, please contact the Commercial Service in Belgium at +32/2 508-2425. (references) |
West Bank | Travelers should also obtain a copy of the latest travel advisory from the U.S. Department of State at www.state.gov. (references) | |
Dominican Rep | Internal Revenue stamps, a copy of the articles of incorporation, and the list of shareholders must accompany this request. (references) | |
Human Rights | Tunisia | Local phone, fax, and copy shops require users to turn over their identification cards when requesting to send faxes. (references) |
Guatemala | The database appeared to have been compiled by military intelligence several years earlier, and a copy remained on the SAE computer system. (references) | |
Guatemala | The SAE provided a copy to the Human Rights Ombudsman, who offered access to the database as a public service for those who wished to learn if their names appeared on the list. (references) | |
Political Economy | BELGIUM | A patent thus granted is valid in Belgium only when a copy of the grant is in one of Belgium's three national languages and is filed with the Belgian Office of Industrial Property. (references) |
Political Rights | Zimbabwe | On December 31, the High Court ordered the Registrar General to supply a copy of the entire voters' roll to the opposition for inspection; however, this did not occur by year's end. (references) |
Trade | Bahamas | A genuine invoice (original or copy) is required. (references) |
Travel | Bulgaria | The Bulgarian authorities do not consider a copy of the passport sufficient. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | They are issued by the Sureté Nationale and can be obtained with a copy of a residence permit. (references) | |
West Bank | The most recent copy of the travel advisory from the U.S. Department of State is available at www.travel.state.gov. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Mexico | In 1999 the CFA issued an interim report requesting that the Government provide a copy of the applicable law that denies trade union status to SINTACONALEP and that the Government investigate the allegations of interference and antiunion discrimination on the part of CONALEP. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FLY-:SPECK:, n. The prototype of punctuation. It is observed by Garvinus that the systems of punctuation in use by the various literary nations depended originally upon the social habits and general diet of the flies infesting the several countries. These creatures, which have always been distinguished for a neighborly and companionable familiarity with authors, liberally or niggardly embellish the manuscripts in process of growth under the pen, according to their bodily habit, bringing out the sense of the work by a species of interpretation superior to, and independent of, the writer's powers. The "old masters" of literature -- that is to say, the early writers whose work is so esteemed by later scribes and critics in the same language -- never punctuated at all, but worked right along free-handed, without that abruption of the thought which comes from the use of points. (We observe the same thing in children to-day, whose usage in this particular is a striking and beautiful instance of the law that the infancy of individuals reproduces the methods and stages of development characterizing the infancy of races.) In the work of these primitive scribes all the punctuation is found, by the modern investigator with his optical instruments and chemical tests, to have been inserted by the writers' ingenious and serviceable collaborator, the common house-fly -- Musca maledicta. In transcribing these ancient MSS, for the purpose of either making the work their own or preserving what they naturally regard as divine revelations, later writers reverently and accurately copy whatever marks they find upon the papyrus or parchment, to the unspeakable enhancement of the lucidity of the thought and value of the work. Writers contemporary with the copyists naturally avail themselves of the obvious advantages of these marks in their own work, and with such assistance as the flies of their own household may be willing to grant, frequently rival and sometimes surpass the older compositions, in respect at least of punctuation, which is no small glory. Fully to understand the important services that flies perform to literature it is only necessary to lay a page of some popular novelist alongside a saucer of cream-and-molasses in a sunny room and observe "how the wit brightens and the style refines" in accurate proportion to the duration of exposure. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | A copy of this decree will be laid before you. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | To our former grounds of complaint has been added a very serious one, as you will see by the decree a copy of which is now communicated. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | With the Republic of Colombia a treaty of commerce has been formed, of which a copy is received and the original daily expected. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Copy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 87.80% of the time. "Copy" is used about 5,707 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 87.8% | 5,011 | 1,956 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 8.93% | 509 | 11,896 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.12% | 178 | 23,220 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.14% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 0.02% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,707 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "copy": a rough copy ♦ added copy ♦ advance copy ♦ advertising copy ♦ an ancient copy of a newspaper ♦ archive copy ♦ attested copy ♦ back copy ♦ backup copy ♦ blind Carbon Copy ♦ body copy ♦ carbon copy ♦ certified copy ♦ certified true copy ♦ checking copy ♦ clean copy ♦ copy adapter ♦ copy adaptor ♦ copy and paste ♦ Copy book ♦ copy boy ♦ copy by carbon ♦ copy cat ♦ copy check ♦ copy desk ♦ copy down ♦ copy editing ♦ copy editor ♦ copy exactly ♦ copy fair ♦ copy from DOS/OS2/UNIX ♦ copy machine ♦ copy member ♦ copy module ♦ copy negative ♦ copy of newspaper ♦ copy of testimonial ♦ copy out ♦ copy out of a book ♦ copy paper ♦ copy protected ♦ copy protection ♦ copy reader ♦ copy smth. out fair ♦ copy tuning ♦ copy typist ♦ customer's return copy ♦ de luxe copy ♦ differed copy ♦ diplomatic copy ♦ disk/tape copy utility ♦ draft copy ♦ fair copy ♦ Foul copy ♦ free copy ♦ hard copy ♦ historical copy ♦ identical copy ♦ in a rough copy ♦ intermediate copy ♦ make a clean copy ♦ make a fair copy ♦ master copy ♦ multiple copy ♦ news copy ♦ office copy ♦ original copy ♦ page copy ♦ partial copy ♦ photostat copy ♦ pirate copy ♦ poor copy ♦ positive copy ♦ presentation copy ♦ press copy ♦ prompt copy ♦ reason why copy ♦ reflex copy ♦ reversed copy ♦ review copy ♦ reviewer's copy ♦ rough copy ♦ selective copy ♦ set a copy ♦ setting copy ♦ single copy ♦ soft copy ♦ specimen copy ♦ test copy ♦ Texts. A copy of the license is included in the info directory in the ♦ To cast off copy ♦ to copy ♦ top copy ♦ true copy ♦ unix to Unix Copy ♦ write copy ♦ xerox copy. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "copy": copy-and-paste, copy-and-verify, copy-back, copy-book, copy-books, copy-cat, copy-cat-raid, copy-catting, copy-dependent, copy-edit, copy-editing, copy-editor, copy-editors, copy-fit, copy-holder, copy-holders, copy-ink, copy-like, copy-machine, copy-number, copy-numbers, copy-of-a-copy, copy-pad, copy-paper, copy-plan, copy-preparation, copy-protect, copy-protected, copy-protection, copy-reading, copy-takers, copy-tape, copy-taster, copy-types, copy-typing, copy-typist, copy-writer, copy-writers. | |
Ending with "copy": carbon-copy, multiple-copy, photo-copy, single-copy. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
2002 7 8 805 copy.jpg dajiyuan.com i2 wei xing | 6,685 | copy dvd cd | 294 |
dvd copy | 4,547 | drive copy | 290 |
dvd x copy | 2,493 | copy x box | 278 |
cd copy | 1,225 | birth certificate copy | 263 |
game copy world | 1,047 | copy dvd movie | 260 |
copy | 849 | copy play station 2 game | 251 |
copy cat recipe | 816 | copy hard drive | 249 |
copy ps2 game | 726 | exact audio copy | 228 |
dvd copy plus | 640 | dvd x copy express | 221 |
dvd copy software | 556 | copy dvd to vhs | 203 |
copy paper | 508 | copy dd disk hpux mirror unix | 198 |
copy machine | 491 | copy ps2 | 186 |
copy x box game | 433 | free copy of credit report | 185 |
dvd x copy xpress | 429 | copy dvd to dvd | 164 |
copy instant | 334 | disc copy | 159 |
copy play station game | 331 | copy dvd for free | 156 |
copy game | 330 | copy of the atkins diet | 140 |
disk copy | 323 | copy dvd intervideo | 135 |
copy cds | 320 | file copy | 133 |
pinnacle instant copy | 298 | color copy | 127 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "copy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | afskrif. (various references) | |
Albanian | material (carnal, fleshly, material, matter, physical, stock, stuff, worldly), lëndë (course, material, matter, stuff, subject, substance, theme), kopjoj (calk, crib, duplicate, facsimile, imitate, pattern, replicate, transcribe, transfer, write out), kopje (carbon, carbon copy, crib, ditto, double, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, manifold, model, picture, replica, replication, reproduction, take off, tally), imitoj (ape, echo, follow suit, forge, imitate, mimic, mock), ekzemplar (exemplar), dorëshkrim (manuscript, paw, script). (various references) | |
Arabic | مخطوطة (cursive, handwriting, roll, script), مثال (epitome, example, exemplar, ideal, image, model, paradigm, pattern, picture, quintessence, specimen, symbol, type), نموذج (byword, example, exemplar, instance, layout, mock up, model, norm, paradigm, pattern, piece, run, sample, specimen, standard, token, type), نقل أثناء الامتحان, نقل (alien, alienate, assign, bandy, carriage, carry, carry forward, communicate, convection, convey, conveyance, deliver, freight, go cart, hand on, handling, pass on, pipe, portage, promotion, propagate, relocate, remove, reproduction, route, shift, take away, tote, transfer, transference, transfuse, transit, transmission, transmit, transport, transportation), نسخة (carbon copy, print, reduplication, script), نسخ (countermand, duplication, engross, mimeograph, reduplicate, reproduce, reproduction, supersede, transcribe, transcription), قلد (affect, ape, burlesque, echo, fake, follow, imitate, inaugurate, mime, mimic, mock, parrot, present, send up, sham, simulate, vest), غش (adulterate, adulteration, bilk, cheat, cheating, debase, deceit, deceive, deception, defraudation, diddle, falsify, fudge, jiggery pokery, nobble, rig, sell, short, sting, swindle), حذا, حاكى (burlesque, emulate, imitate, mimic, pattern, simulate, take off), إنتسخ, إنشاء (build up, foundation, foundress, origination, promotion, setting up), إحتذى (model, wearing shoes). (various references) | |
Asturian | copiar (to copy). (various references) | |
Aymara | qellqaqaña (to copy). (various references) | |
Bemba | ukuambula (to copy). (various references) | |
Blackfoot | itotoisapóo (to copy). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ръкопис (handwriting, manuscript, script, scripture), текст на реклама, копирам (calk, imitate, trace), копие (assagai, assegai, carbon copy, counterpart, ditto, double, duplicate, imitation, javelin, manifold, print off, repetition, replication, reproduction, shaft, spear, tally, transcript, transcription), възпроизвеждам (re-create), вземам за образец, образец (epitome, example, exemplar, form, ideal, mirror, model, mould, norm, paradigm, paragon, pattern, piece, sample, sampling, scantling, shape, specimen, swatch, type), екземпляр (character, exemplar, specimen), преписвам (crib, transcribe, write out), препис (tenor, transcript, transcription), подражавам (counterfeit, echo, imitate, monkey), дописка (contribution, report, reportage). (various references) | |
Catalan | còpia. (various references) | |
Cebuano | mokopya (to copy). (various references) | |
Chamorro | para ma kopia (to copy). (various references) | |
Chinese | 複本 , 摹 (imitate), 摸 (feel with the hand, imitate, to feel, to grope, to stroke, to touch), 副本 (transcription), 份 (part, portion, share). (various references) | |
Cornish | dasscryfa (to copy). (various references) | |
Czech | výtisk, rukopis (hand, handwriting, manuscript, script), reprodukovat (repeat, reproduce), opsat (circumscribe, copy out, express periphrastically, transcribe), opisovat (crib), opis (circumbendibus, duplicate, paraphrase, periphrasis, transcript), opièit se (be a copycat), okopírovat, obkreslit (pattern), napodobit (imitate, mimic, re echo, simulate), kopie (duplicate, print, replica, reproduction, tracing, transcript), kopírovat (duplicate, reproduce, trace), exemplář (specimen). (various references) | |
Danish | kopiere (copy-machine, duplicate), kopi (duplicate), eksemplar (issue), afskrift. (various references) | |
Dutch | kopie (duplicate), kopiëren (copying, copy-machine, duplicate, duplicating, to copy), exemplaar (issue, item, unit), afschrift (transcript, transcription), afdruk (imprint, print, trace, track). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kopio, kopii, kopiaĵo, ekzemplero. (various references) | |
Faeroese | eintak. (various references) | |
Farsi | کپیه کردن (Calk, Imitate), جلد (Case, Cover, Epidermis, Holster, Jacket, Nimble, Quick, Sheath, Sheathe, Shell, Skin, Tome, Volume, Yare), رونویسی کردن , رونوشت (Counterpart, Transcript). (various references) | |
Finnish | kopioida (print, transcribe), kopio (print), jäljentää (reproduce). (various references) | |
French | copier (copying), copie (copying), reproduire (copy-machine). (various references) | |
Frisian | kopy, kopiearje (to copy), ôfprintsel (imprint, print). (various references) | |
German | Kopie (carbon, carbon copy, manifold, photocopy, print, replica, replication, reproduction, transcript, transcription), kopieren (copying, imitate, photocopy, print, printing, replicate, reproduce, to copy, to replicate, to reproduce, trace), Abschrift (transcript, transcription), abschreiben (charge off, copy out, crib, deduct, depreciate, run out, to charge off, to copy, to depreciate, transcribe, write off), nachbildung (analog, effigy, emulation, replica, reproduction), exemplar (specimen), abdruck (cast, impression, imprint, Mold, molding, print, printed matter, reprint, stamp). (various references) | |
Greek | αντιγραφή (copying, crib, tracing, transcription), αντίτυπο (casting, replica), αντιγράφω (cheat, duplicate, pattern, transcribe), αντίγραφο (counterpart, duplicate, replica, reproduction, transcript, transcription). (various references) | |
Hebrew | משנה (deputy, double, duplication, repetition, twice, twofold), לעשות העתק, לחקות (counterfeit, emulate, imitate, impersonate, mime, mimic, pastiche, simulate), עותק (duplicate), העתקה (copying, duplication, representation, shift, translation), העתק (like, moving, transfer, translation), הדפס (offprint, print, reprint), נוסח (custom, formula, manner, style, text, version). (various references) | |
Hungarian | másolat (carbon, cc, counterpart, ditto, doublet, duplicate, duplication, engrossment, repetition, replica, reproduction, tally, tracing, transcript). (various references) | |
Indonesian | turunan (derivative, descendant, transcript), tiruan (artificiality, fake, imitation, model, replica, reproduction, synthetic), salinan (transcript), menyalin (plagiarize), meniru, afdruk (print). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | unuqtuuliriluni (to copy). (various references) | |
Irish | cóip. (various references) | |
Italian | copiare (charge off, crib, depreciate, engross), copia (counterpart, manifold, model, replica, reproduction), riprodurre (breed, repeat, reproduce). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 謄写 (mimeograph, photocopy, transcription), 原稿 (manuscript). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぎせい (bluff, deceiving an enemy, false oath, forgery, imitation, legal fiction, perjury, pseudo, sacrifice), ぎけい (brother-in-law, deceptive plan, model, pattern), たね (cause, inside story, issue, kind, material, matter, offspring, paternal blood, pip, quality, secret, seed, source, subject, theme, tone, trick, variety), しゃ (borrowing, describe, duplicate, gauze, house, hut, inn, mansion, now, photograph, picture, reproduce, then, trace, transcribe, well), うつし (duplicate, facsimile, transcript), ふくしゃ (duplicate, radiation, shooting lying prone), ふくしょ (countersignature, duplicate), ふくほん (duplicate), ふくせいひん (facsimile, replica, reproduction), ふんぽん (sketch), ふく (additional, assistant, associate, auxiliary, bend down, clothes, collateral, compound, crawl, crouch, deputy, double, duplicate, fall prostrate, good fortune, hide, lie down, prostrate oneself, stoop, sub-, submit to, substitute, supplementary, to blow, to dry, to emit, to spout, to wipe, vice-, yield to), もしゃ (copying, reproduction, tracing), も (algae, ancient skirt, duckweed, imitate, mourning, seaweed), げんこう (black and yellow silk, current, heaven and earth, in operation, manuscript, natural decrease, ore, present, speech and behaviour, the Mongol Invasion), とうしゃ (firm, mimeograph, photocopy, projection, shrine, tracing, transcription). (various references) | |
Macedonian | kopira (to copy). (various references) | |
Malay | salin ... menyalin. (various references) | |
Manx | sambyl (example, pattern, sample, specimen), mac-screeu (transcribe, transcript), maclioar (duplicate, imitation), jannoo maclioar jeh, jannoo coip jeh (crib, duplicate, reproduce), aascreeuyn (transcript), aascreeu (rewrite, transcribe). (various references) | |
Maori | mea kia rite (to copy). (various references) | |
Norwegian | kopi, avskrift. (various references) | |
Papiamen | kopia. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | opycay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cópia (backup, carbon, double, manifold, print, replica, reproduction, transcript, xerox), copiar (crib, duplicate, imitate, overwrite, pattern, transcribe), transcrever (duplicate, overwrite, transcribe), exemplar (example, exemplar, exemplary, nailer, pattern, specimen). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | cópia. (various references) | |
Provencal | copiar (to copy). (various references) | |
Romanian | exemplar (exemplar, exemplarily, exemplary, number, paradigmatic, pattern, sample, specimen), copia (copy down, counterfeit, crib, forge, imitate, plagiarize, print, reproduce, transcribe). (various references) | |
Romansch | copiar (to copy). (various references) | |
Ruanda | kwigana (to copy). (various references) | |
Russian | срисовать, экземпляр (exemplar, instantiation, presentation copy), списывать (decommission, write off), списать (crib), рукопись (manuscript, matter), репродукция (replica, reproduction), копировать (calk, coppied, replicate, trace over), копия (carbon copy, cc, counterpart, doublet, edition, manifold, repetition, replica, replication, tally, transcript, transcription), выписывать (write out), образец (archetype, example, exemplar, exponent, form, model, norm, paradigm, paragon, pattern, piece, prill, quick example, representative, sample, scantling, shape, specimen, standard), материал для статьи, подражать (ape, counterfeit, echo, emulate, imitate, impersonate, portray), переписывать (overwrite, overwrote, transcribe, write out), переписать (rewrite, type). (various references) | |
Samoan | e kopi (to copy). (various references) | |
Scottish | samhail (image, likeness). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vesti (embroider, news, news release, tidings), umnožiti (double, multiply, run off), primerak (specimen), prepisati (prescribe, rewrite, transcribe), kopirati (blueprint, duplicate, run off, trace), kopija (blueprint, duplicate, facsimile, replica, replication), duplikat (counterpart, doublet, duplicate). (various references) | |
Sicilian | cupiari (to copy). (various references) | |
Spanish | copiar (calk, engross, lift, print, write out), copia (abundance, print, replica, richness, transcript), traslado (emission, move, transfer, translation), trasladar (get, move, move house, transfer, translate). (various references) | |
Swazi | kú-ling (to copy). (various references) | |
Swedish | kopia (backup, counterpart, duplicate, flimsy, print, replica, transcript, transcription, transfer), kopiera (duplicating), exemplar (example, specimen), nummer (event, figure, issue, item, number, numeral, routine, size, spot, turn), avskrift (transcript, transcription), avbilda (depict, depicture, figure, paint, picture, reproduce), avbild (image, likeness, picture, portrait, simulacrum). (various references) | |
Tagalog | sipíin, sipí, kópyahín, kòpya. (various references) | |
Turkish | taklit etmek (ape, copycat, counterfeit, do an impression of smb., echo, fake, follow suit, hit off, imitate, impersonate, mime, mimic, mock, simulate, take a leaf out of one's book, take an example by), suret (circs, counterpart, ditto, duplicate, exemplar, repetition, transcript), senet (bill, bond, commercial paper, indenture, instrument, muniment, note, obligation, proof, script, voucher), poz (attitude, exposure, pose, posture, time exposure), nüsha (ditto, print), metin (firm, foursquare, immovable, resolute, solid, stoic, stoical, text, unshakable, unshaken), kopyasını çıkarmak (copy out, reproduce), kopyası çıkarılabilmek, kopya etmek (replicate, trace, trace over, transcribe), kopya çekmek (crib), kopya (carbon copy, crib, cribbing, ditto, double, duplicate, duplication, exemplar, facsimile, image, likeness, manifold, printing out, repetition, replica, replication, repro, spit, tracing, transcript, transcription, trot), örnek almak (imitate, pattern, take a leaf out of one's book, take an example by, take as an example), örnek (example, exemplar, exemplary, exemplification, guide, illustration, instance, lead, model, norm, object lesson, pattern, precedent, reference, representative, sample, sampling, specimen, trial, type, type specimen, version), çoğaltmak (aggrandize, augment, clone, increase, manifold, multiply, propagate, reproduce, scale up). (various references) | |
Turkmen | nusga (sample, specimen). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | рукопис (handwriting, holography, manuscript, script, scripture), репродукція (replica, reproduction), копіювати (calk, replicate, trace), копія (carbon, counterpart, duplicate, duplication, edition, image, imitation, manifold, picture, pressing, replication, similitude, transcript, transcription), відтворювати (play back, reconstitute, reproduce), наслідувати (ape, echo, imitate), примірник, переписувати (overwrite, rewrite, scribe, transcribe, write out). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự phỏng theo, sự mô phỏng bản, sự chép lại (transcription), sự bắt chước (mimicry, sequacity), bản sao (counterpart, edition, facsimile), bản chép lại sự sao lại. (various references) | |
Welsh | copi%o, copi (copy-book), adysgrifio (transcribe), adysgrif (transcript). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | gaba-ri. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aemula, aemulabantur, aemulabitur, aemulamini, aemulamur, aemulandum, aemulantes, aemulantur, aemulare, aemulari, aemularis, aemulata, aemulator, aemulatur, aemulatus, aemuleris, aemuletur, aemulor, apographon, copia, describant, describe, describeretur, describes, describet, describite, descripserunt, descripsi, descripsimus, descripsit, descripsitque, descripta, descripti, descriptumque, effigie, effigiem, effingo, exemplar, exemplari, exemplaria, exemplarque, expressa, expressam, expressas, expresserant, expressi, expresso, exprimeretis, imitando, imitandum, imitans, imitantes, imitantur, imitari, imitaris, imitata, imitatur, imitatus, imiteris, simila, similare, similari, similasti, similatus, similem, similes, simula, simulans, simulantes, simularent, simularetur, simulas, simulata, simulator, simulaverant, specula, speculis, speculum. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | copia. (various references) |
| Italian | 900-Modern | replica. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Hebrews Chapter 10, Verse 1 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Skian gar ecwn o nomoV twn mellontwn agaqwn ouk authn thn eikona twn pragmatwn kat eniauton taiV autaiV qusiaiV aV prosferousin eiV to dihnekeV oudepote dunatai touV prosercomenouV teleiwsai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Umbram enim habens lex bonorum futurorum non ipsam imaginem rerum per singulos annos hisdem ipsis hostiis quas offerunt indesinenter numquam potest accedentes perfectos facere |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For the lawe hauinge a schadewe of good thingis `that ben to come, not the ilke image of thingis, mai neuer make men neiyinge perfit bi the ilke same sacrifices, which thei offren without ceessing bi alle yeeris; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For the lawe which hath but the shadowe of good thynges to come and not the thynges in their awne fassion can never with ye sacryfises which they offer yere by yere continually make the comers thervnto parfayte. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers to them perfect. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For the law, being only a poor copy of the future good things, and not the true image of those things, is never able to make the people who come to the altar every year with the same offerings completely clean. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Hebrews Chapter 10, Verse 1 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Kay maingon nga ang kasugoan aduna man lamay landong sa mga maayong butang nga umalabut, ug wala makabaton sa katinuod niining mga butanga, kini dili arang makahingpit sa mga managpanuol, pinaagi sa mao rang mga halad nga kanunayng ginahalad tuig-tuig. |
| Croatian | Buduæi da Zakon ima tek sjenu buduæih dobara, a ne sam lik zbiljnosti, on uistinu žrtvama koje se - iz godine u godinu iste - neprestano prinose ne može nikada usavršiti one što pristupaju. |
| Danish | Thi da Loven kun har en Skygge af de kommende Goder og ikke Tingenes Skikkelse selv, kan den aldrig ved de samme årlige Ofre, som de bestandig frembære, fuldkomme dem, som træde frem dermed. |
| Dutch | Want de wet, hebbende een schaduw der toekomende goederen, niet het beeld zelf der zaken, kan met dezelfde offeranden, die zij alle jaren geduriglijk opofferen, nimmermeer heiligen degenen, die daar toegaan. |
| Finnish | Sillä koska laissa on vain tulevan hyvän varjo, ei itse asiain olemusta, ei se koskaan voi samoilla jokavuotisilla uhreilla, joita he alinomaa kantavat esiin, tehdä niiden tuojia täydellisiksi. |
| French | En effet, la loi, qui possède une ombre des biens à venir, et non l`exacte représentation des choses, ne peut jamais, par les mêmes sacrifices qu`on offre perpétuellement chaque année, amener les assistants à la perfection. |
| German | Denn das Gesetz hat den Schatten von den zukünftigen Gütern, nicht das Wesen der Güter selbst; alle Jahre muß man opfern immer einerlei Opfer, und es kann nicht, die da opfern, vollkommen machen; |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Hukum agama Yahudi hanya memberikan gambaran yang samar-samar tentang hal-hal yang baik yang akan datang, dan bukan gambaran yang sebenarnya dari hal-hal itu. Tidak mungkin hukum itu dapat menyempurnakan orang yang datang menyembah Allah dengan membawa persembahan, walaupun tiap tahun terus dipersembahkan kurban-kurban yang sama. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena sedangkan Taurat itu hanya menunjukkan bayang-bayang segala berkat yang akan datang itu, bukannya zat yang sungguh segala perkara itu, maka ia itu dengan korban itu juga, yang senantiasa dipersembahkan oleh imam-imam tiap-tiap tahun, sekali-kali tiada dapat menyempurnakan orang-orang yang menghampiri itu. |
| Italian | Avendo infatti la legge solo un'ombra dei beni futuri e non la realtà stessa delle cose, non ha il potere di condurre alla perfezione, per mezzo di quei sacrifici che si offrono continuamente di anno in anno, coloro che si accostano a Dio. |
| Latvian | Jo bauslîba aptver tikai nâkamo labumu çnu, ne paðas îstenîbas tçlu. Tâpçc, tâ nekad nespçj ik gadus ar tiem paðiem upuriem, ko nepârtraukti upurç, padarît pilnîgus tos, kas tuvojas. |
| Maori | ¶ I te mea ko to te ture he atarangi no nga mea pai e puta ana mai i muri, ehara i te ahua pu o aua mea, e kore e whai mana i aua patunga tapu e whakaeketia tonutia ana e ratou i tenei tau, i tenei tau, e tino tika ai te hunga e whakatata ana. |
| Norwegian | For da loven bare har en skygge av de kommende goder, men ikke selve billedet av tingene, så kan den aldri ved de offer som de hvert år alltid på ny bærer frem, gjøre dem fullkomne som kommer frem med dem. |
| Portuguese | Porque a lei, tendo a sombra dos bens futuros, e não a imagem exata das coisas, não pode nunca, pelos mesmos sacrifícios que continuamente se oferecem de ano em ano, aperfeiçoar os que se chegam a Deus. |
| Rumanian | Kn adevqr, Legea, care are umbra bunurilor viitoare, nu knfqyiwarea adevqratq a lucrurilor, nu poate niciodatq, prin aceleawi jertfe, cari se aduc nekncetat kn fiecare an, sq facq desqvkrwiyi pe cei ce se apropie. |
| Shuar | ¶ Muisais akupkamuka ukunam ti penker átatna Núchaiti. Antsu nuna aya nakumeawai. Tuma asa Ashí uwitin naman maar Yus Sútaijiaisha shuara tunaarin Asakátrachminiaiti. |
| Spanish | Porque la ley, teniendo la sombra de los bienes venideros y no la forma misma de estas realidades, nunca puede, por medio de los mismos sacrificios que se ofrecen continuamente de año en año, hacer perfectos a los que se acercan. |
| Swahili | Sheria ya Wayahudi si picha kamili ya mambo yale halisi: ni kivuli tu cha mema yanayokuja. Dhabihu zilezile hutolewa daima, mwaka baada ya mwaka. Sheria yawezaje, basi, kwa njia ya dhabihu hizo, kuwafanya wale wanaoabudu wawe wakamilifu? |
| Swedish | Kristi fullkomliga offer. Förmaning till frimodig ingång i den himmelska helgedomen. Förnyad varning för avfall. |
| Uma | ¶ Atura Pue' to naparata Musa, hewa gambara-wadi. Hi Atura toe, ko'ia ta'incai mpu'u kalompea' to tarata ngkai Kristus. Tahilo kao' -na-wadi, bela lence-na mpu'u. Ntuku' Atura Musa toe, butu-butu mpae-na tauna to doko' mpomohui' Alata'ala mpokeni pepue' -ra to hibalia oa' -wadi, aga uma-ra jadi' monoa' hi poncilo Alata'ala hi kampokeni-ra pepue' toe. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "copy": copybook, copybooks, copyboy, copyboys, copycat, copycats, copycatted, copycatting, copydesk, copydesks, copyedit, copyedited, copyediting, copyedits, copyhold, copyholder, copyholders, copyholds, copying, copyist, copyists, copyread, copyreader, copyreaders, copyreading, copyreads, copyright, copyrightable, copyrighted, copyrighting, copyrights, copywriter, copywriters. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "copy": arthroscopy, bioscopy, bronchoscopy, cryoscopy, cystoscopy, endoscopy, fetoscopy, fluoroscopy, gastroscopy, laparoscopy, laryngoscopy, microcopy, microscopy, miscopy, multicopy, ophthalmoscopy, otoscopy, phenocopy, photocopy, recopy, retinoscopy, rhinoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, spectroscopy, stereoscopy, uroscopy, wicopy. (additional references) | |
Words containing "copy": chalcopyrite, chalcopyrites, miscopying, photocopying, recopying, uncopyrightable. (additional references) | |
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"Copy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: capi, Capie, choopy, chopy, cobey, coby, cogy, coiy, Colpoy, compi, Compy, comy, conpoy, coopy, copa, copay, copd, copey, coph, copi, copia, Copie, copp, Coppi, coppy, Coppys, copq, copr, copye, corpy, coty, covy, cowy, coxy, coyi, cpp, cupi, cupie, cuppy, cupsy, cvp, icop, Kopay, mopy, ncopf, ocopy, Ocp, ocpo, oppy, opy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "copy" (pronounced kÄ"pē) |
| 3 | -Ä" p ē | choppy, jalopy, floppy, gloppy, poppy, sloppy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-o-p-y" | |
-1 letter: cop, coy. | |
-2 letters: op, oy, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-o-p-y" | |
+1 letter: coypu, pocky. | |
+2 letters: canopy, choppy, comply, cotype, coypou, coypus, croupy, crypto, myopic, occupy, poachy, policy, pouchy, psycho, recopy, wicopy, yapock. | |
+3 letters: calypso, charpoy, ciphony, company, compony, comsymp, coopery, coppery, copyboy, copycat, copying, copyist, cotypes, coypous, cryptos, cyclops, ecotype, hypoxic, lycopod, miscopy, octuply, opacify, opacity, pockily, polycot, potency, psychos, pyloric, syncope, yapocks. | |
+4 letters: apocarpy, apostacy, bioscopy, biotypic, calotype, calypsos, cerotype, charpoys, choppily, coemploy, comsymps, copurify, copybook, copyboys, copycats, copydesk, copyedit, copyhold, copyists, copyread, coryphee, croupily, cyclopes, dyspnoic, ecotypes, ecotypic, epicotyl, eponymic, hydropic, hypnotic, hypoacid, hypothec, impolicy, isotypic, kyphotic, lipocyte, lycopene, lycopods, myoscope, necropsy, oophytic, opulency, otoscopy, peacocky, phytonic, polycots, polyenic, polyuric, polyzoic, postsync, prophecy, propylic, pycnoses, pycnosis, pycnotic, pyknotic, pyogenic, pyrrolic, pythonic, reoccupy, splotchy, syncopal, syncopes, syncopic, synoptic, typhonic, uroscopy, xylocarp. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Bible Trace 20. Abbreviations | 21. Acronyms 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Bibliography |
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