copy

1. 1.

   copy down as is

   “The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over”

   Broaderwrite

   Narrowerrecopycopy out
2. 2.

   reproduce someone's behavior or looks

   “The mime imitated the passers-by”

   “Children often copy their parents or older siblings”

   Synonymsimitatesimulate

   Broaderreproduce

   Narrowerfollowmocktake offmimicmodeltake afteremulate
3. 3.

   reproduce or make an exact copy of

   “replicate the cell”

   “copy the genetic information”

   Synonymsreplicate

   Broaderduplicate

   biology

4. 4.

   make a replica of

   “copy that drawing”

   “re-create a picture by Rembrandt”

   Synonymsre-create

   Broadermake

   Narrowermanifoldimitatetraceback uphectographclonemimeograph

Other forms of copy

plural

copies·

past tense or participle

copied

present participle

copying·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about copy

What does copy mean?

copy means "a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in copy?

copy has 2 syllables: co-py. The stress falls on "co". In IPA it is /ˈkɑpi/.

What is another word for copy?

Close synonyms include transcript, written matter, imitate, simulate, replicate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is copy a common word?

copy is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with copy?

1 word rhymes with copy. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.