noun

copy

copy, duplicate, reproduction, issue

Please make a copy of this file.

Please make a copy of this file.

I bought a copy of the new novel.

I bought a copy of the new novel.

a copy of ((sth.)) (a duplicate of sth.) I need a copy of the report.

to make a copy (to create a duplicate) Can you make a copy for me?

Synonyms: duplicate, replica, reproduction; Antonyms: original

From Latin 'copia' meaning 'abundance, plenty', which later came to mean 'transcript'.

Think of what a photocopier makes: a copy.

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