Definition of Copy

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Definition of Copy

Copy

An abundance or plenty of anything.

An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue.

An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison.

That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.

Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy.

A writing paper of a particular size. Same as Bastard. See under Paper.

Copyhold; tenure; lease.

To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; -- often with out, sometimes with off.

To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life.

To make a copy or copies; to imitate.

To yield a duplicate or transcript; as, the letter did not copy well.

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Copy Quotations

If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results.
Tony Robbins

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.
Pablo Picasso

Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.
Pablo Picasso

To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.
Pablo Picasso

I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes.
Erma Bombeck

I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes.
Jimi Hendrix

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.
Leonardo da Vinci

Copy from one, it's plagiarism; copy from two, it's research.
Wilson Mizner

The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.
William Blake

My jokes are in my head and I have a duplicate copy of my jokes in a lot of British comics' heads, where they are safe.
Emo Philips

Copy Translations

copy in Danish is kopi, kopiere, eksemplar
copy in Dutch is exemplaar, afdruk
copy in French is calquer, calquons, copions, calquent, calquez
copy in German is Abbild {n} (kopiert), abschreiben, kopieren
copy in Italian is copia, copiare, copia
copy in Latin is effingo
copy in Norwegian is avskrift, kopi
copy in Spanish is transcripcion, copiar, copia
copy in Swedish is avbilda, nummer, exemplar, avbild, kopia, kopiera

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