copy
/ˈkɑpi/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.77 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published.
Uncountable
noun
A person employed to carry copy and run errands.
noun
A schoolwork pad or workbook.
Example Sentences
- "Please bring me at least 200 copies of this report. The photocopier is down the hall on the right."
- "His new book is out. I have a signed copy. He'll send you a copy if you want one. He's giving free copies to his former colleagues who want one. The press run is 3000 copies, and he hopes to sell more press runs after this one."
- "I already saw their draft. She emailed me a copy yesterday. I can forward it to you so that you have your own copy."
- "I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original."
- "Every cell in this organism contains a copy of each gene, but whether that copy will be expressed depends on complex factors of cell differentiation and epigenetics."
- "That handbag is a copy. You can tell because the buckle is different."
Etymology
From Middle English copy, copie, from Old French copie (“abundance, plenty; transcript, copy”), from Medieval Latin copia (“reproduction, transcript”), from Latin cōpia (“plenty, abundance”), from *coopia, from co- (“together”) + ops (“wealth, riches”). More at opulent.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₃ep-, copy, copie, copia, cōpia, copien
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑpi/
- British English: /ˈkɒpi/