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# copy

«copy» in Mova's school dictionary: **a thing made to be the same as another one, like a copy…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (copy, copies); verb (copy, copies, copied, copying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A copy is a thing made to be the same as another one, like a copy of a page or a photo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copy/#m1)

2) A copy is also one of many printed books, newspapers or games of the same kind: the shop sold 150 copies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copy/#m2)

3) To copy is to make a thing the same as another, or to do the same as someone else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copy/#m3)

4) To copy in a test is to take another pupil's answers, which is cheating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copy/#m4)

5) A copy can also be a model of good writing or drawing that you try to follow exactly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copy/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: copies of a page or book that are counted, printed or sold; «copies per minute» is a rate, and «copies of each» multiplies. In school: copy the sum from the board, copy a drawing; in tests copying is not allowed. In computers: copy and paste. In stories: a younger child copies an older one. Phrases: make a copy, a copy of, copy out, copy down, copy and paste, copycat.

### examples

- The machine prints 20 copies a minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copy/#x1)
- She made 3 copies of each page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copy/#x2)
- The shop sold 150 copies of the book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copy/#x3)
- How many copies for 25 pupils? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copy/#x4)
- Copy the sentence from the board into your book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copy/#x5)
- My little brother copies everything I do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copy/#x6)
- Do not copy your friend's answers in the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copy/#x7)
- Select the picture, then copy and paste it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copy/#x8)
- The museum shows a copy of a famous painting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copy/#x9)
- "See, this is the way you should hold yourselves," said the copy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copy/#x10)

### note

Plural «copies»; past «copied». Countable noun: a copy, two copies. Usually counted things; «copies of each» or «per minute» is a rate. Trap: «3 copies of each of 4 pages» is 12 sheets. A «copycat» is a person who copies others (a bit rude). Copying someone else's work and calling it yours is cheating.

### In the corpora

- ["Allegedly" means someone has claimed it but it is not proved; a parody account is a joke copying a real name.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/20/)
- [The same program runs many copies at once, each one answering a different person.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/3-sounding-right-and-being-right/14/)
- [Homework is practice; copying it skips the learning and shows up in tests.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/11/)
- [Copying rules get stricter as you get older, and universities can punish AI copying.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/18/)
- [That is still copying, the way repainting your mate's bike doesn't make it your bike.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «copy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.