copy

copy is on the Basic English 850 List.

copper - copy - cord

copy is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

cook - copy - corner

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɒpi/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɑpi/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: co‧py

Noun

Singular copy

Plural copies

1. (countable) A copy of something looks or acts like it.

   They took the diamond and replaced it with a cheap copy.

2. (countable) A copy of a book, newspaper, painting, etc. is one of many that are exactly the same.

   Please bring me the copies of those reports.

Synonyms

• (looks or acts like) facsimile

Related words

• hard copy
• photocopy
• soft copy

Verb

Plain form copy

Third-person singular copies

Past tense copied

Past participle copied

Present participle copying

1. If you copy something, you make something look exactly the same as it.
   • Synonyms: photocopy, reproduce, imitate, counterfeit and pirate

   Good artists copy. Great artists steal.

   She copies the tests on the photocopier.

Related words

• copier
• copyable
• copyright
• print