| query | A c___ of a book, newspaper, or CD is one of many that are exactly the same.A copy of a book, newspaper, or CD is one of many that are exactly the same. I bought a copy of 'U.S.A. Today' from a street-corner machine. You can obtain a copy for $2 from New York Central Art Supply. |
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| word | copy |
| full-definition | noun If you make a copy of something, you produce something that looks like the original thing. The reporter apparently obtained a copy of Steve's resignation letter. Always keep a copy of everything in your own files. A copy of a book, newspaper, or CD is one of many that are exactly the same. I bought a copy of 'U.S.A. Today' from a street-corner machine. You can obtain a copy for $2 from New York Central Art Supply. In journalism, copy is written material that is ready to be printed or read in a broadcast . ...his ability to write the most lyrical copy in the history of sports television. ...advertising copy. In journalism, copy is news or information that can be used in an article in a newspaper. ...journalists looking for good copy. verb If you copy something, you produce something that looks like the original thing. She never participated in obtaining or copying any classified documents for anyone. ...lawsuits against companies who have unlawfully copied computer programs. ...top designers, whose work has been widely copied. He copied the chart from a book. If you copy a piece of writing, you write it again exactly . He would allow John to copy his answers to difficult algebra questions. He copied the data into a notebook. We're copying from textbooks because we don't have enough to go round. He wrote the title on the blackboard, then copied out the text sentence by sentence. 'Did he leave a phone number?'—'Oh, yes.' She copied it out for him. If you copy a person or what they do, you try to do what they do or try to be like them, usually because you admire them or what they have done . Children can be seen to copy the behaviour of others whom they admire or identify with. He can claim to have been defeated by opponents copying his own tactics. ...the techniques she had copied from her tennis heroes. Children learn by copying. |
| inflections | copiescopyingcopiedcarbon copycopying |
| cefr-level | A2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2
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