Copy Meaning
/ˈkɒpi/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.
nounThe result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original., The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.
Sentence Examples
The picture you are looking at is a copy of a Picasso.
If it is free, please send me a copy.
The thieves replaced the original painting with a copy.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Please make a ____ of this document for the records.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The picture you are looking at is a ____ of a Picasso.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Middle English copy English copy From Middle English copy, copie, from Old French copie (“abundance, plenty; transcript, copy”), from Medieval Latin copia (“reproduction, transcript”), from Latin cōpia (“plenty, abundance”), from *coopia, from co- (“together”) + ops (“wealth, riches”). More at opulent.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original."
— 1656, John Denham, preface to The Destruction of Troy:
"Let him first learn to write, after a copy of all the letters."
— 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters: […], London: […] T. N[ewcomb] for J[ohn] Martyn printer to the R[oyal] Society, […], →OCLC:
"[S]he was bleſt with no more Copie of wit, but to ſerue his Humor thus."
— 1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, signature F, verso:
"But in them nature's copy's not eterne"
— c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
"[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes. The truth is that Newton was very much a product of his time."
— 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Please make a ____ of this document for the records.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The picture you are looking at is a ____ of a Picasso.