copy

  • 21copy — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 document/work of art ADJECTIVE ▪ accurate, faithful, good ▪ cheap, crude, poor ▪ It was not the original painting, but a crude copy …

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  • 22copy — n. reproduction 1) to make, run off a copy 2) to Xerox (T) a copy 3) to print copypies (the publisher decided to print ten thousand copypies of the book) 4) to inscribe a copy (the author inscribed a copy of her book for him) 5) (a) clean, fair… …

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  • 23copy — [[t]kɒ̱pi[/t]] ♦♦ copies, copying, copied 1) N COUNT: usu N of n If you make a copy of something, you produce something that looks like the original thing. The reporter apparently obtained a copy of Steve s resignation letter... Always keep a… …

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  • 24copy*/*/*/ — [ˈkɒpi] noun [C] I 1) something that is exactly like something else This is not the original painting – it s a copy.[/ex] Please send a copy of your birth certificate.[/ex] I made copies of the report.[/ex] 2) a single newspaper, book, CD etc… …

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  • 25copy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Reproduction Nouns 1. copy, facsimile, counterpart, effigy, form, semblance, cast[ing], ecotype, fake; imitation; model, study, portrait (see representation); tracing; duplicate; photocopy, instant copy …

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  • 26copy — 1 noun 1 (C) something that is made to be exactly like another thing: I haven t got the original letter, but I have got a copy. (+ of): Please send a copy of your marriage certificate. | make a copy: I made a copy of the ad and sent it to my… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27copy — I. noun (plural copies) Etymology: Middle English copie, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin copia, from Latin, abundance more at copious Date: 14th century 1. an imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work (as a letter, a… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 28Copy — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Result of imitation. < N PARAG:Copy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 copy copy facsimile xerox counterpart effigies effigy form likeness image picture photo similitude semblance …

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  • 29copy — /kop ee/, n., pl. copies, for 1, 2, 7, 9, v., copied, copying. n. 1. an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original: a copy of a famous painting. 2. one of the various examples or specimens of the same book, engraving, or the like. 3.… …

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  • 30copy — n. & v. n. (pl. ies) 1 a thing made to imitate or be identical to another. 2 a single specimen of a publication or issue (ordered twenty copies). 3 a matter to be printed. b material for a newspaper or magazine article (scandals make good copy).… …

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