Printing. pictures and artwork prepared for reproduction.
8.
BritishInformal. (in schools) a composition; a written assignment.
9.
British. a size of drawing or writing paper, 16 × 20 in. (40 × 50 cm).
10.
Archaic. something that is to be reproduced; an example or pattern, as of penmanship to be copied by a pupil.
–verb (used with object)
11.
to make a copy of; transcribe; reproduce: to copy a set of figures from a book.
12.
to receive and understand (a radio message or its sender).
13.
to follow as a pattern or model; imitate.
–verb (used without object)
14.
to make a copy or copies.
15.
to undergo copying: It copied poorly.
16.
to hear or receive a radio message, as over a CB radio: Do you copy?
17.
Also, cocky.Newfoundland. to leap from one ice pan to another across open water.
—Idiom
18.
copy the mail, Citizens Band RadioSlang. mail1(def. 5).
Origin: 1300–50; ME copie (< AF) < ML cōpia abundance, something copied, L: wealth, abundance; see copious; (def. 16)orig. a children's game, from the phrase copy the leader
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