n.
Pronunciation: ' kä-p ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural cop · ies
Etymology: Middle English copie, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin copia, from Latin, abundance ― more at COPIOUS
Date: 14th century
1 : an imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work (as a letter, a painting, a table, or a dress)
2 : one of a series of especially mechanical reproductions of an original impression also : an individual example of such a reproduction
3 archaic : something to be imitated : MODEL
4 a : matter to be set especially for printing b : something considered printable or newsworthy ― used without an article <remarks that make good copy ― Norman Cousins> c : text especially of an advertisement
5 : DUPLICATE 1A <a copy of a computer file> <a copy of a gene>
synonyms see REPRODUCTION