copy

CEFRA1

/ˈkɒpi/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Something made to be the same as another thing.

  2. 02

    verb

    To make something the same as another thing.

Examples

  • If it is free, please send me a copy.

  • The picture you are looking at is a copy of a Picasso.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.

  2. The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.

  3. The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.

More examples

In context

  • The thieves replaced the original painting with a copy.

  • I already saw their draft. She emailed me a copy yesterday. I can forward it to you so that you have your own copy.

  • Please bring me at least 200 copies of this report. The photocopier is down the hall on the right.

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Origin

noun

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.