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[ˈkɒpi], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a thing made to be similar or identical to another
(e.g: the problem is telling which is the original document and which the copy)
- a single specimen of a particular book, record, or other publication or issue
(e.g: the record has sold more than a million copies)
- matter to be printed
(e.g: copy for the next issue must be submitted by the beginning of the month)
- a blank booklet or notebook used for schoolwork
(e.g: examinees will not be allowed to take pens, copies, or water bottles inside the test centre)
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Origin
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Middle English (denoting a transcript or copy of a document): from Old French copie (noun), copier (verb), from Latin copia ‘abundance’ (in medieval Latin ‘transcript’, from such phrases as copiam describendi facere ‘give permission to transcribe’)
[ˈkɒpi], (Verb)
Definitions:
- make a similar or identical version of; reproduce
(e.g: each form had to be copied and sent to a different department)
- imitate the style or behaviour of
(e.g: lifestyles that were copied from Miami and Fifth Avenue)
- hear or understand someone speaking on a radio transmitter
(e.g: this is Edwards, do you copy, over)
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Origin
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Middle English (denoting a transcript or copy of a document): from Old French copie (noun), copier (verb), from Latin copia ‘abundance’ (in medieval Latin ‘transcript’, from such phrases as copiam describendi facere ‘give permission to transcribe’)
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