Printing. pictures and artwork prepared for reproduction.
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BritishInformal. (in schools) a composition; a written assignment.
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British. a size of drawing or writing paper, 16 × 20 in. (40 × 50 cm).
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Archaic. something that is to be reproduced; an example or pattern, as of penmanship to be copied by a pupil.
–verb (used with object)
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to make a copy of; transcribe; reproduce: to copy a set of figures from a book.
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to receive and understand (a radio message or its sender).
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to follow as a pattern or model; imitate.
–verb (used without object)
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to make a copy or copies.
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to undergo copying: It copied poorly.
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to hear or receive a radio message, as over a CB radio: Do you copy?
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Also, cocky.Newfoundland. to leap from one ice pan to another across open water.
—Idiom
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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]
Cop"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Copied; p. pr. & vb. n. Copying.] [Cf. F. copir, fr. LL. copiare. See Copy, n.]1. To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; -- often with out, sometimes with off. I like the work well; ere it be demanded (As like enough it will), I'd have it copied. --Shak. Let this be copied out, And keep it safe for our remembrance. --Shak. 2. To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life. We copy instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation. --Stewart.
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