[kop-ee] 
noun, plural cop⋅ies, for 1, 2, 7, 9, verb, cop⋅ied, cop⋅y⋅ing.| 1. | an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original: a copy of a famous painting. |
| 2. | one of the various examples or specimens of the same book, engraving, or the like. |
| 3. | written matter intended to be reproduced in printed form: The editor sent the copy for the next issue to the printer. |
| 4. | the text of a news story, advertisement, television commercial, etc., as distinguished from related visual material. |
| 5. | the newsworthiness of a person, thing, or event (often prec. by good or bad): The president is always good copy. Compare news (def. 4). |
| 6. | Genetics. replication (def. 7). |
| 7. | Printing. pictures and artwork prepared for reproduction. |
| 8. | British Informal. (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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 18. | copy the mail, Citizens Band Radio Slang. mail 1 (def. 5). |
| cop·y (kŏp'ē) n. pl. cop·ies
v. tr.
[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. |
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