copy

/ˈkä-pē/

Middle English copie, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin copia, from Latin, abundance

noun

  1. an imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work (such as a letter, a painting, a table, or a dress)

  2. one of a series of especially mechanical reproductions of an original impression; also : an individual example of such a reproduction

  3. something to be imitated : model

reproduction duplicate copy facsimile replica mean a thing made to closely resemble another. reproduction implies an exact or close imitation of an existing thing. duplicate implies a double or counterpart exactly corresponding to another thing.

verb

  1. to make a copy or duplicate of

  2. to model oneself on

  3. to acknowledge receipt of (a message)

copy a document

copy imitate mimic ape mock mean to make something so that it resembles an existing thing. copy suggests duplicating an original as nearly as possible. imitate suggests following a model or a pattern but may allow for some variation.

noun

  1. an editor who prepares copy for the typesetter

  2. one who edits and headlines newspaper copy