0 to produce something so that it is the same as an original piece of work:
1 used, especially when communicating by radio, to tell someone that you have heard or understood, or to ask if someone has heard or understood you:
2 something that has been made to be exactly like something else:
This painting is only a copy - the original hangs in the Louvre.
I always keep a copy of any official or important letters that I send off.
Could you make a copy of (= use a special machine to copy) this for tomorrow's meeting, please?
The library has copies of all the national and local newspapers.
3 written text that is to be printed, or text that is intended to help with the sale of a product:
We need someone who can write good copy for our publicity department.
4 to produce something that is exactly like another thing, or to do something meant to be like someone or something else:
5 text that is to be printed, or text that is used to sell a product:
She writes advertising copy.
6 something that is exactly like another thing:
7 a single book, newspaper, CD, or other printed or recorded product, of which many have been produced:
8 a document or other printed material that is exactly the same as another one, produced, for example, by using a photocopier or printing it more than once from a computer:
9 a computer file, document, etc. that is created to be exactly the same as another one:
10 a product that is made to look the same as another product, especially illegally:
11 the words used in advertising to help sell a product:
The advertising copy is tested with consumer surveys.
12 writing that is going to be printed in a book, magazine, etc.:
The copy will be checked several times before publication.
14 to make a copy of a computer file, document, email, etc.:
15 to make a copy of something on a computer screen and put it in a different place in a document or in a new document, file, or directory:
16 to use someone else's idea, design, etc., often illegally:
They've copied the basic design from the Japanese model and added a few of their own refinements.
All authors need to be wary of inadvertent copying of other people's ideas.
Make sure the file you're copying to is open before you click 'Paste'.
The dispatcher came back, giving him a staticky message." Copy," he replied.
Bravo 2 zero, this is Alpha Omega, do you copy?
Mouse: Computer, Magic Mouse here, I need the cursor moving now! Before that window disappears! Computer: Copy that, Magic.
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