copy
verb/ˈkɒpi/
/ˈkɑːpi/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they copy | /ˈkɒpi/ /ˈkɑːpi/ |
| he / she / it copies | /ˈkɒpiz/ /ˈkɑːpiz/ |
| past simple copied | /ˈkɒpid/ /ˈkɑːpid/ |
| past participle copied | /ˈkɒpid/ /ˈkɑːpid/ |
| -ing form copying | /ˈkɒpiɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːpiɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to make something that is exactly like something else
- copy something He taught himself by copying paintings in the Louvre.
- The product has been widely copied by other manufacturers.
- copy something from something They copied the designs from those on Greek vases.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- illegally
- from
- onto
- copy and paste
- be widely copied
- [transitive] to write something exactly as it is written somewhere else
- copy something The monks spent their days copying manuscripts.
- copy something from something The children copied the sentences from the whiteboard.
- copy something (from something) into/onto something She copied the phone number into her address book.
- copy something out I copied out several poems.
- copy something down You do not have to copy down every word in a lecture.
Extra Examples- She copied all the addresses into her address book.
- I copied down several phone numbers from the list.
- He copied all the details from the brochure onto a piece of paper.
- They laboriously copied out manuscripts.
- copying a recipe off the packet
- laboriously copying out an old manuscript
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- laboriously
- meticulously
- …
- from
- into
- onto
- …
- [transitive] (computing) to create an identical (= similar in every detail) version of data, a program, etc. so that you can use it again somewhere else
- copy something The software has been illegally copied.
- copy something to something You can copy the data to your new laptop in the usual way.
- You can copy the selected text to the clipboard.
- copy something into/onto something All the files were copied onto memory sticks.
- copy something from something Use the clipboard to copy and paste information from websites.
- copy something from something into/onto something She copied all the addresses from the website into her address book.
- [transitive] copy somebody/something to behave or do something in the same way as somebody else synonym imitate
- She copies everything her sister does.
- Their tactics have been copied by other terrorist organizations.
- He was just a little kid copying his idol.
Extra Examples- She slavishly copies the older girl's style.
- He copied that mannerism from his brother.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- blindly
- slavishly
- from
- off
- [intransitive, transitive] to cheat in an exam, school work, etc. by writing what somebody else has written and pretending it is your own work
- He was punished by his teacher for copying in the exam.
- copy from/off somebody She was caught copying off another student.
- copy something Copying other students' work is not acceptable.
- (also photocopy)[transitive] copy something to make a photocopy of something
- Finally, the notes can be copied and distributed to the audience.
Word OriginMiddle 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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