The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.
Please bring me at least 200 copies of this report. The photocopier is down the hall on the right.
An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
That handbag is a copy. You can tell because the buckle is different.
The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published.
This organization doesn't publish any copy that hasn't been edited by a good copy editor.
Etymology tree Middle English copy English copy From Middle English copy, copie, from Old French copie (“abundance, plenty; transcript, copy”), from Medieval Latin copia (“reproduction, transcript”), ...
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Make sure you copy me on that important memo.
To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
First copy the files, and then paste them in another directory.