copy Definition

copy
noun copies

1. An imitation or reproduction.

Thesaurus: reproduction, replica, likeness, facsimile, duplicate, clone, carbon, photocopy; forgery, counterfeit; Antonym: original.
2. One of the many specimens of a book or of a particular issue of a magazine, newspaper, etc.
3. Written material for printing, especially as distinct from illustrations, etc.
4. The wording of an advertisement.
5. informal
Material suitable for a newspaper article.

verb copies, copied, copying

1. To imitate.

Thesaurus: imitate, model, pattern, mimic, emulate, mirror, echo, ape, parrot.
2. To make a copy of something; to transcribe.

Thesaurus: duplicate, counterfeit, plagiarize, replicate, simulate, transcribe, repeat, borrow.
tr & intr
3. To reproduce; to photocopy.
tr & intr
4. To make a copy of another's work, pretending that it is one's own.
5. To give a copy to someone.

Derivative: copier
noun

A person or machine which makes copies.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin copia abundance.