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Copy

Definition: Copy

Copy

Noun

1. 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".

Verb

1. 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)

 

Specialty Definition: Copy

DomainDefinition

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.

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Specialty Definition: Copy

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A term copy is used with following contexts:

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: 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.
EntrySourceExpressionField
CB,carbonless copy paperEnglishCoated backN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Copy

Synonyms: transcript (n), written matter (n), imitate (v), re-create (v), simulate (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Copy

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Copy

English words defined with "copy": carbon copy, copy outfair copy, Foul copyhard copyOffice copyPresentation copy, prompt copyreview copyTo cast off copywrite copyxerox copy. (references)
Specialty definitions using "copy": added copy, archive copyBlind Carbon Copy, body copycopy adapter, copy adaptor, copy and paste, copy desk, copy from DOS/OS2/UNIX, COPY HOLDER, copy member, copy module, copy protection, COPY WRITERdisk/tape copy utilityidentical copy, intermediate copymultiple copypartial copyreason why copy, reflex copySecurity copy, selective copyUnix 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).

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Modern Usage: Copy

DomainUsage

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.

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Commercial Usage: Copy

DomainTitle

Books

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  • Auction Block RF MFC-4450 Laser 6PPM 600DPI Prnt Copy Fax Scan Auction Block!! (reference)

  • Monster Cable J2 CAMDUB R-6 Camcorder to VCR Tape-to-Tape Copy Hook-Up Kit (6 Feet) (reference)

  • Nikon Slide Copy Adapter for Coolpix Cameras (reference)

  • Pentax Copy Stand III for 35mm cameras (reference)

  • Copy Commander: Copy Your Old Hard Drive to New (reference)

    (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Copy

Illustrations:
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Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Copy

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & 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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Digital Photo Gallery: Copy
 

"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.

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Familiar Quotations: Copy

AuthorQuotation

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.

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Historic Usage: Copy

AuthorDateQuotation

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.

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Use in Literature: Copy

TitleAuthorQuote

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.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Copy

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Speeches: Copy

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John Adams

1797-1801A copy of this decree will be laid before you.

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809To 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

1817-1825With 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.

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Usage Frequency: Copy

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)87.8%5,0111,956
Lexical Verb (infinitive)8.93%50911,896
Lexical Verb (base form)3.12%17823,220
Noun (proper)0.14%8124,375
Lexical Verb (past participle)0.02%1339,140
                    Total100.00%5,707N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Copy

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Copy

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translation: Copy

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 , (imitate), (feel with the hand, imitate, to feel, to grope, to stroke, to touch), 副本 (transcription), (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), (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.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Copy

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

gaba-ri. (various references)

Latin500 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 Latin700-1500

copia. (various references)

Italian900-Modern

replica. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Copy

LanguageDateSourceHebrews Chapter 10, Verse 1
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintSkian 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
Latin405VulgateUmbram enim habens lex bonorum futurorum non ipsam imaginem rerum per singulos annos hisdem ipsis hostiis quas offerunt indesinenter numquam potest accedentes perfectos facere
Middle English1395WyclifFor 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 English1526TyndaleFor 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 English1611King JamesFor 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 English1833WebsterFor 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 English1964OgdenFor 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.

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Matched Bible Translations: Copy

LanguageHebrews Chapter 10, Verse 1
Cebuano&para; 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.
CroatianBuduæi 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.
DanishThi 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.
DutchWant 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.
FinnishSillä 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.
FrenchEn 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.
GermanDenn 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-hariHukum 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 LamaKarena 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.
ItalianAvendo 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.
LatvianJo 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.
NorwegianFor 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.
PortuguesePorque 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.   
RumanianKn 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.
SpanishPorque 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.
SwahiliSheria 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?
SwedishKristi 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.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Copy

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)


Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "Copy"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "copy" (pronounced kÄ"pē)
3-Ä" p ēchoppy, jalopy, floppy, gloppy, poppy, sloppy.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Copy

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.

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INDEX

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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