Noun
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material suitable for a journalistic account
"catastrophes make good copy"
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matter to be printed
exclusive of graphical materials
- written matter -
a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing
"she made a copy of the designer dress"
"the clone was a copy of its ancestor"
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a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
Verb
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make a replica of
"copy that drawing"
"re-create a picture by Rembrandt"
- re create -
reproduce or make an exact copy of
"replicate the cell"
"copy the genetic information"
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reproduce someone's behavior or looks
"The mime imitated the passers-by"
"Children often copy their parents or older siblings"
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copy down as is
"The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over"