Dictionary entry details
• COPY (noun)
Meaning:
A reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
copy; transcript
Hypernyms ("copy" is a kind of...):
written account; written record (a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Meaning:
A secondary representation of an original
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
she made a copy of the designer dress
Hypernyms ("copy" is a kind of...):
representation (a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "copy"):
anamorphism; anamorphosis (a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner)
xerox; xerox copy (a copy made by a xerographic printer)
triplicate (one of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactly)
replica; replication; reproduction (copy that is not the original; something that has been copied)
quadruplicate (any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one another exactly)
print (a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it))
photocopy (a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work)
modification (slightly modified copy; not an exact copy)
miniature; toy (copy that reproduces something in greatly reduced size)
carbon; carbon copy (a copy made with carbon paper)
cast; casting (object formed by a mold)
duplicate; duplication (a copy that corresponds to an original exactly)
autotype; facsimile (an exact copy or reproduction)
counterfeit; forgery; imitation (a copy that is represented as the original)
clone; knockoff (an unauthorized copy or imitation)
Meaning:
Matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
written matter; copy
Hypernyms ("copy" is a kind of...):
text; textual matter (the words of something written)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "copy"):
dump ((computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs)
fair copy (a clean copy of a corrected draft)
filler (copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper)
Meaning:
Material suitable for a journalistic account
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
catastrophes make good copy
Hypernyms ("copy" is a kind of...):
material (information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form)
Holonyms ("copy" is a substance of...):
fourth estate; journalism; news media (newspapers and magazines collectively)
• COPY (verb)
Meaning:
Copy down as is
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over
Hypernyms (to "copy" is one way to...):
write (mark or trace on a surface)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "copy"):
recopy (copy again)
copy out (copy very carefully and as accurately as possible)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Reproduce someone's behavior or looks
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
imitate; simulate; copy
Context examples:
The mime imitated the passers-by / Children often copy their parents or older siblings
Hypernyms (to "copy" is one way to...):
reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "copy"):
emulate (strive to equal or match, especially by imitating)
follow; take after (imitate in behavior; take as a model)
model; pattern (plan or create according to a model or models)
mime; mimic (imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect)
take off (mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner)
mock (imitate with mockery and derision)
conform to; follow (behave in accordance or in agreement with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Reproduce or make an exact copy of
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
replicate; copy
Context examples:
replicate the cell / copy the genetic information
Hypernyms (to "copy" is one way to...):
double; duplicate; reduplicate; repeat; replicate (make or do or perform again)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make a replica of
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
re-create; copy
Context examples:
copy that drawing / re-create a picture by Rembrandt
Hypernyms (to "copy" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "copy"):
manifold (make multiple copies of)
roneo (make copies on a Roneograph)
mimeo; mimeograph (print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph)
clone (make multiple identical copies of)
hectograph (copy on a duplicator)
back up (make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy)
trace (copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of)
imitate (make a reproduction or copy of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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