Copy - English meaning

noun

A large primate that lacks a tail, including the gorilla, chimpanzees, orangutan, and gibbons.

Usage examples:

Mother apes - chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, humans - dote on their babies.

verb

Imitate (someone or something), especially in an absurd or unthinking way.

Usage examples:

New architecture can respect the old without aping its style

noun

An animal like a large monkey with no tail, that uses its arms to move through trees

Usage examples:

Chimpanzees and gorillas are both apes.

adjective

(of alcoholic drink or a recording) made, distributed, or sold illegally.

Usage examples:

Bootleg cassettes

verb

Make, distribute, or sell (alcoholic drink or a recording) illegally.

Usage examples:

He amassed a fortune bootlegging whisky

noun

An illegal musical recording, especially one made at a concert.

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 6, a non-metal which has two main forms (diamond and graphite) and which also occurs in impure form in charcoal, soot, and coal.

Usage examples:

Combustion, or burning, is a chemical process involving carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

noun

A chemical element that exists in its pure form as diamond or graphite, and is an important part of other substances such as coal and oil, as well as being contained in all plants and animals

noun

The gas carbon dioxide, which is the gas formed when carbon is burned or when people or animals breathe out

Usage examples:

The prize will be awarded to a project that can draw at least one gigatonne of carbon a year from t…

noun

An organism or cell, or group of organisms or cells, produced asexually from one ancestor or stock, to which they are genetically identical.

Usage examples:

Vines representing all the 15 existing clones were planted

verb

Propagate (an organism or cell) as a clone.

Usage examples:

Of the hundreds of new plants cloned the best ones are selected

noun

A cell or organism that has the exact same chemical patterns in its cells as the original from which it was artificially produced

adjective

Made in exact imitation of something valuable with the intention to deceive or defraud.

Usage examples:

Counterfeit £10 notes

noun

A fraudulent imitation of something else.

Usage examples:

He knew the tapes to be counterfeits

verb

Imitate fraudulently.

Usage examples:

My signature is extremely hard to counterfeit

noun

A child's bed with barred or latticed sides; a cot.

Usage examples:

Tiptoeing over to the crib, he looked down at the sleeping child

verb

Short for cribbage.

Usage examples:

He would play crib with zest

noun

A small bed for a baby or young child with high bars around the sides so that the child cannot fall out

verb

Deceive; trick.

Usage examples:

The newspaper was duped into publishing an untrue story

noun

A victim of deception.

Usage examples:

Men who were simply the dupes of their unscrupulous leaders

verb

Make a duplicate or copy of.

Usage examples:

How to dupe 35 mm slides on to 35 mm film

adjective

Exactly like something else, especially through having been copied.

Usage examples:

A duplicate set of keys

noun

One of two or more identical things.

Usage examples:

Books may be disposed of if they are duplicates

verb

Short for duplicate bridge.

noun

The action or process of duplicating something.

Usage examples:

An attempt to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort

noun

The practice of doing the same thing more than once, or having more than one person or thing to do the same task, when this is not necessary

Usage examples:

As a result of the merger, there could be duplication among the two companies' administrative staff…

noun

The act or process of making an exact copy of something

Usage examples:

Duplication of certain chromosomes can lead to abnormalities.

noun

A sound or sounds caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface back to the listener.

Usage examples:

The walls threw back the echoes of his footsteps

verb

(of a sound) be repeated or reverberate after the original sound has stopped.

Usage examples:

Their footsteps echoed on the metal catwalks

proper noun

A nymph deprived of speech by hera in order to stop her chatter, and left able only to repeat what others had said.

noun

A particular form or version of a published text.

Usage examples:

A paperback edition

noun

A particular form in which a book, magazine, or newspaper is published

Usage examples:

Paperback/hardback edition the paperback/hardback edition of his book is published in july., the re…

noun

A single broadcast of a series of radio or television programmes

Usage examples:

This morning's edition of 'women's hour' is at the earlier time of a quarter to ten.

verb

Match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.

Usage examples:

Most rulers wished to emulate alexander the great

verb

To copy someone’s behavior or try to be like someone else because you admire or respect that person

Usage examples:

Officials are looking to emulate successful ideas from other cities., he just wants to emulate his …

verb

To copy something achieved by someone else and try to do it as well as they have

Usage examples:

They hope to emulate the success of other software companies., fitzgerald is eager to emulate marti…

noun

A thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule.

Usage examples:

Advertising provides a good example of an industry where dreams have faded

verb

Be illustrated or exemplified.

Usage examples:

The extent of allied naval support is exampled by the navigational specialists provided

noun

Something that is typical of the group that it is a member of or that can be used to represent it

Usage examples:

Let me give you an example of what i mean., for example (= as a particular case showing a more gene…

noun

An exact copy, especially of written or printed material.

Usage examples:

A facsimile of the manuscript

verb

Make a copy of.

Usage examples:

The ride was facsimiled for another theme park

noun

An exact copy, esp. of a document

adjective

Not genuine; imitation or counterfeit.

Usage examples:

She got on the plane with a fake passport

noun

A thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham.

Usage examples:

Fakes of old masters

verb

Forge or counterfeit (something).

Usage examples:

She faked her spouse's signature

verb

Alter (information, a document, or evidence) so as to mislead.

Usage examples:

A laboratory which was alleged to have falsified test results

verb

To change documents, figures, records, etc. in order to deceive someone

Usage examples:

She was charged with falsifying bank records., the certificate had clearly been falsified., five pe…

verb

To change something, such as a document, in order to deceive people

Usage examples:

The certificate had clearly been falsified.

verb

Go or come after (a person or thing proceeding ahead); move or travel behind.

Usage examples:

She went back into the house, and ben followed her

verb

To move along after someone or something, or to move along a route or path

Usage examples:

[ t ] the dog followed us home., [ i ] he drove ahead and we followed in our own car., [ t ] follow…

verb

To happen or come after something

Usage examples:

More mergers are likely to follow., october's increase followed a 1.6% rise in output in september.…

verb

Make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and hammering it.

Usage examples:

He forged a great suit of black armour

noun

A blacksmith's workshop; a smithy.

Usage examples:

Culm was the material most widely used in the forges by blacksmiths and large quantities of the sub…

verb

Move forward gradually or steadily.

Usage examples:

He forged through the crowded streets

verb

Take or follow as a model.

Usage examples:

His style was imitated by many other writers

verb

Reproduce someone's behavior or looks

verb

To copy someone’s speech or behavior, or to copy something as a model

Usage examples:

My four-year-old daughter is always trying to imitate her older sister., he imitated her accent per…

noun

The action of using someone or something as a model.

Usage examples:

A child learns to speak by imitation

noun

Something copied, or the act of copying

Usage examples:

Freya does a pretty good imitation of her science teacher., [ c ] imitation leather

adjective

Made to look like something else

Usage examples:

An imitation leather jacket, uk it's not real silk - it's just imitation.

noun

An idea, feeling, or opinion about something or someone, especially one formed without conscious thought or on the basis of little evidence.

Usage examples:

His first impressions of manchester were very positive

noun

An idea or opinion of what someone or something is like

Usage examples:

It makes a bad impression if you’re late for an interview., [ + that clause ] i get the impression …

noun

A single time that an internet advertisement is seen by a user

Usage examples:

They market a company's product for a fixed rate per 1,000 impressions., this is the second impress…

verb

Impress or stamp (a mark or outline) on a surface.

Usage examples:

Tyre marks were imprinted in the snow

noun

A mark or outline made by pressing something on to a softer substance.

Usage examples:

He made imprints of the keys in bars of soap

verb

To mark a surface by pressing something hard into it

noun

An important topic or problem for debate or discussion.

Usage examples:

The issue of racism

verb

Supply or distribute (something) for use or sale.

Usage examples:

Licences were issued indiscriminately to any company

noun

A subject or problem that people are thinking and talking about

Usage examples:

There continues to be a great deal of debate over the property tax issue., isn’t the need to hire m…

verb

Raise to a higher position or level.

Usage examples:

He lifted his trophy over his head

noun

A platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different levels.

Usage examples:

Alice went up to the second floor in the lift

verb

To move something from a lower to a higher position

Usage examples:

[ t ] i can’t lift you up – you’re a big boy now!, [ i always + adv/prep ] the top of the stool lif…

noun

The fact or quality of being alike; resemblance.

Usage examples:

Her likeness to him was astonishing

noun

A similarity

Usage examples:

Sandy bears a much stronger likeness to her mother than to her father.

noun

The fact of being similar in appearance

Usage examples:

There's a definite family likeness around the eyes.

noun

Someone or something very similar in physical appearance to someone or something else

Usage examples:

An elvis presley lookalike

noun

Short for mimeograph.

noun

A duplicating machine which produces copies from a stencil, now superseded by the photocopier.

Usage examples:

When e. joyce matheny produced church bulletins, she brought them to life the old-fashioned way: wi…

verb

Make a copy of (a document) with a mimeograph.

Usage examples:

A mimeographed letter

noun

A machine that produces copies of a document using a stencil (= a piece of plastic or metal into which shapes have been cut, through which ink is forced)

Usage examples:

If we needed to copy a document, we usually used a mimeograph or carbon paper., what happened to th…

verb

Imitate (someone or their actions or words), especially in order to entertain or ridicule.

Usage examples:

She mimicked eileen's pedantic voice

noun

A person skilled in imitating the voice or actions of others in an entertaining way.

Usage examples:

He has great ability as a mimic

adjective

Imitative of something.

Usage examples:

They were waging mimic war

noun

A surface, typically of glass coated with a metal amalgam, which reflects a clear image.

Usage examples:

He checked his appearance in the mirror

verb

(of a surface) show a reflection of.

Usage examples:

The clear water mirrored the sky

noun

A piece of glass with a back that reflects light, producing an image of whatever is in front of it

Usage examples:

A rear-view mirror, a hand mirror, the law is a mirror of the nation’s character.

noun

A small to medium-sized primate that typically has a long tail, most kinds of which live in trees in tropical countries.

Usage examples:

It was a place where you can see wild monkeys living in the trees.

verb

Behave in a silly or playful way.

Usage examples:

I saw them monkeying about by the shop

noun

Any of various long-tailed primates

noun

A small cut or notch.

Usage examples:

A small nick on his wrist

verb

Make a nick or nicks in.

Usage examples:

He had nicked himself while shaving

verb

Go quickly or surreptitiously.

Usage examples:

They nicked across the road

noun

A bird, often vividly coloured, with a short downcurved hooked bill, grasping feet, and a raucous voice, found especially in the tropics and feeding on fruits and seeds. many are popular as cage birds, and some are able to mimic the human voice.

Usage examples:

It's been observed in many other bird species besides parrots and macaws, as well as elephants, mac…

verb

Repeat mechanically.

Usage examples:

Encouraging students to parrot back information

noun

A tropical bird with a curved beak and usually colorful feathers, some of which can be taught to repeat words

Usage examples:

She just parrots anything he says.

noun

A photographic copy of printed or written material produced by a process involving the action of light on a specially prepared surface.

Usage examples:

The library provided 6,866 photographs and 51,211 photocopies of the material to its readers.

verb

Make a photocopy of.

Usage examples:

You can photocopy the entry form

noun

A copy of a document made on a photocopier

noun

A type of machine for making photocopies on special paper.

Usage examples:

What appeared to be the ink drum of a broken photostat machine rolled across the floor and glass cr…

verb

Copy (a document) with a photostat.

Usage examples:

He refused to let me photostat the book

noun

A machine used especially in the past to make photographic copies of documents, or a copy made by such a machine

Usage examples:

We like to photostat any useful pieces and circulate them to all the interested groups., it took us…

verb

Grip (something, typically a person's flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb.

Usage examples:

She pinched his cheek

noun

An act of pinching someone.

Usage examples:

He gave her a gentle pinch

verb

Squeeze tightly between the fingers

noun

A person who attacks and robs ships at sea.

Usage examples:

In the three weeks leading up to the attack, sixteen container ships had been boarded by pirates

verb

Use or reproduce (another's work) for profit without permission, usually in contravention of patent or copyright.

Usage examples:

His latest album has been pirated and downloaded so many times since its release that he's lost $10…

verb

Someone who robs and plunders at sea

verb

Take (the work or an idea of someone else) and pass it off as one's own.

Usage examples:

He was fined $6,000 for having plagiarized the song

verb

To use another person’s idea or a part of that person's work and pretend that it is your own

Usage examples:

She’s been accused of plagiarism.

verb

Cook (an egg) without its shell in or over boiling water.

Usage examples:

A breakfast of poached egg and grilled bacon

verb

Illegally hunt or catch (game or fish) on land that is not one's own or in contravention of official protection.

Usage examples:

20 tigers are thought to have been poached from national parks

verb

To cook something in water or another liquid that is almost boiling

Usage examples:

Poached eggs, [ t ] anybody you see with a piece of ivory has poached it., [ i ] foreign fishing bo…

verb

Produce (books, newspapers, etc.), especially in large quantities, by a mechanical process involving the transfer of text or designs to paper.

Usage examples:

A thousand copies of the book were printed

noun

The text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication, especially with reference to its size, form, or style.

Usage examples:

She forced herself to concentrate on the tiny print

verb

The text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication

noun

An exact copy or model of something, especially one on a smaller scale.

Usage examples:

A replica of the empire state building

verb

Make an exact copy of; reproduce.

Usage examples:

It might be impractical to replicate eastern culture in the west

adjective

Of the nature of a copy.

Usage examples:

A replicate earth

noun

A close or exact copy; a replica.

Usage examples:

Young reptiles should not be considered merely small replicates of adults

noun

The action of copying or reproducing something.

Usage examples:

The extraordinary speed and replication of information created by computerization

noun

The act of making or doing something again in exactly the same way, or something that is made or done in this way

Usage examples:

Replication of these findings in other studies will be important., the second project was not desig…

verb

Print again or in a different form.

Usage examples:

His book was reprinted several times after his death

noun

An act of printing more copies of a work.

Usage examples:

The publishers had nearly sold out of the initial run of copies and ordered a reprint

verb

To print a book again

Usage examples:

The first edition sold out, so it is being reprinted.

verb

Produce a copy of.

Usage examples:

His works are reproduced on postcards and posters

noun

The action or process of copying something.

Usage examples:

The cost of colour reproduction in publication is high

noun

The act or process of producing new life

noun

A copy of something, especially a work of art or a piece of furniture

Usage examples:

The museum sells cheap reproductions of some of its key artefacts., allow plenty of time for the ph…

noun

A small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like.

Usage examples:

Investigations involved analysing samples of handwriting

verb

Take a sample or samples of (something) for analysis.

Usage examples:

Bone marrow cells were sampled

noun

A small amount of something which shows what the rest is or should be like

Usage examples:

A free sample, a blood/tissue sample, the booklet contains sample questions and answers., the poll …

verb

Imitate the appearance or character of.

Usage examples:

Red ochre intended to simulate blood

verb

To create conditions or processes similar to something that exists

Usage examples:

Researchers are developing new techniques to simulate crashes.

verb

To produce a situation or event that seems real but is not real, especially in order to help people learn how to deal with such situations or events

Usage examples:

The machine is designed to simulate disaster scenarios., in the game, players are given titles in a…

noun

An individual animal, plant, piece of a mineral, etc. used as an example of its species or type for scientific study or display.

Usage examples:

Specimens of copper ore

noun

Something shown or examined as an example; a typical example

Usage examples:

He has a collection of rare insect specimens.

noun

Something that is used or can be examined as a typical example

Usage examples:

You'll find specimens of most of the kind of letters you will need to write at every stage of the j…

verb

Take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.

Usage examples:

Thieves stole her bicycle

noun

A bargain.

Usage examples:

At £59.95 it's an absolute steal

verb

Take without the owner's consent

verb

Put (thoughts, speech, or data) into written or printed form.

Usage examples:

Each interview was taped and transcribed

verb

Write out, as from speech or notes

verb

To make a complete written record of spoken or written words

Usage examples:

Only an expert could transcribe my notes so well.

noun

A written or printed version of material originally presented in another medium.

Usage examples:

A word-for-word transcript comes with each tape

noun

A particular form of something differing in certain respects from an earlier form or other forms of the same type of thing.

Usage examples:

A revised version of the paper was produced for a later meeting

verb

Create a new version of.

Usage examples:

The english curriculum would then be versioned for northern ireland, scotland, and wales

noun

A xerographic copying process.

Usage examples:

Printing methods include acrylic printing and colour xerox

verb

Copy (a document) by the xerox process.

Usage examples:

I shall have the typescript xeroxed today

noun

A copy of a document or other piece of paper with writing or printing on it made by a machine that uses a process similar to that for making photographs

Usage examples:

I can give you a xerox of the letter if you like., would you xerox six copies of the report, please?