copy
Something that looks exactly the same as another thing.
Something that is exactly the same as something else, especially a document, image, or item made from the original.
To make something that looks exactly like another thing.
To produce something that is exactly like another thing, either by hand, machine, or digitally.
The words that are written for newspapers, ads, or TV shows before they are printed or shown.
Written material, especially news articles or advertising text, prepared for publication or broadcast.
To do the same thing that someone else does.
To do something in the same way as someone else, often by following their example or mimicking them.
- Base: copy
- Plural: copies, copy
- Base: copy
- 3rd Person Singular: copies
- Present Participle: copying
- Past: copied
carbon copy
4Exact duplicate of something
An exact copy of something.
- He's a carbon copy of his father in looks and mannerisms.
- The report you received is a carbon copy of the one sent to headquarters.
- The second document is just a carbon copy of the first.
- He is almost a carbon copy of his father in looks and mannerisms.
copy and paste
1Duplicate and insert digital content
To make a copy of text, images, or files on a computer and put them somewhere else.
- You can copy and paste the link into your browser.
- You can just copy and paste the address from the email into your browser.
- I copied and pasted the paragraph into my essay.
- Don’t copy and paste whole paragraphs from the internet into your essay.
- I’ll copy and paste the table into the new document so we don’t have to rebuild it.
copycat
1A person who imitates others
Someone who does the same things as another person.
- Don't be such a copycat; find your own ideas.
- Don't be such a copycat—think of your own ideas.
- Her little brother is always being a copycat.
- She called him a copycat for wearing the same outfit.