An imitation or reproduction of an original; a duplicate: a copy of a painting; made two copies of the letter.
One specimen or example of a printed text or picture: an autographed copy of a novel.
Material, such as a manuscript, that is to be set in type.
The words to be printed or spoken in an advertisement.
Suitable source material for journalism: Celebrities make good copy.
v.
cop·ied, cop·y·ing, cop·ies
v.
tr.
To make a reproduction or copy of.
To follow as a model or pattern; imitate. See Synonyms at imitate.
v.
intr.
To make a copy or copies.
To admit of being copied: colored ink that does not copy well.
[Middle English copie, from Old French, from Medieval Latin cōpia, transcript, from Latin, profusion; see op- in Indo-European roots.] cop'y·a·ble, cop'i·a·ble adj.
(kŏp'ē) 