copy: Meaning and Definition of

cop•y

1. an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original: a copy of a famous painting.
2. one of the various examples or specimens of the same book, engraving, or the like.
3. written matter intended to be reproduced in printed form: The editor sent the copy for the next issue to the printer.
4. the text of a news story, advertisement, television commercial, etc., as distinguished from related visual material.
5. the newsworthiness of a person, thing, or event (often prec. by good or bad):Cf. news (def. 4). The president is always good copy.
6. replication (def. 7).
7. pictures and artwork prepared for reproduction.
8. (in schools) a composition; a written assignment.
9. a size of drawing or writing paper, 16 × 20 in. (40 × 50 cm).
10. something that is to be reproduced; an example or pattern, as of penmanship to be copied by a pupil.

1. to make a copy of; transcribe; reproduce: to copy a set of figures from a book.
2. to receive and understand (a radio message or its sender).
3. to follow as a pattern or model; imitate.

1. to make a copy or copies.
2. to undergo copying: It copied poorly.
3. to hear or receive a radio message, as over a CB radio: Do you copy?
4. to leap from one ice pan to another across open water.
5. See (def. 5).