Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - copy

~1 n 1 something that is made to be exactly like another thing  (I haven't got the original letter, but I have got a copy.) + of  (Please send a copy of your marriage certificate.) make a copy  (I made a copy of the ad and sent it to my brother.) 2 one of many books, magazines etc that are all exactly the same + of  (He was reading a copy of the daily newspaper.) 3 technical written material that is to be printed in a newspaper, magazine etc  (All copy must be on my desk by Monday morning.) 4 make good copy informal to be interesting news  (- see also fair copy, hard copy, soft copy) ~2 v 1 to make something exactly like another thing  (Could you copy this letter and send it out, please?) 2 to deliberately do things that someone else has done, or do things in the same way that someone else does them  (Street fashion tends to copy the ideas of the top fashion designers.) 3 to cheat in an examination, school work etc by looking at someone else's work and writing the same thing that they have + off  (If I catch anyone copying off their neighbor, they'll be sent to the principal's office!) + from  (Jeremy had copied from the girl next to him.) copy sth out phr v BrE to write something again exactly as it written somewhere else  (The monks copied their manuscripts out by hand. | Just copy out of the book.)