Sentences with copy
cop·y
C c - The reporter apparently obtained a copy of Steve's resignation letter. [+ of]
- She never participated in obtaining or copying any classified documents for anyone. [VERB noun]
- The novel has sold more than a million copies.
- She got a job writing advertising copy.
- He would allow John slyly to copy his answers to impossibly difficult algebra questions. [VERB noun]
- He wrote the title on the blackboard, then copied out the text sentence by sentence. [VERB PREPOSITION noun]
- SYNONYMY NOTE: copy, the broadest of these terms, refers to any imitation, often only approximate, of an original [a carbon copy]; reproduction implies a close imitation of the original, often, however, with differences, as of material, size, or quality [a reproduction of a painting]; a facsimile is an exact reproduction in appearance, sometimes, however, differing in scale [a photostated facsimile of a document]; a duplicate is a double, or counterpart, of something, serving all the purposes of the original [all the books of a single printing are duplicates]; a replica is an exact reproduction of a work of art, in strict usage, one made by the original artist
- Children can be seen to copy the behaviour of others whom they admire or identify with. [VERB noun]
- I bought a copy of 'U.S.A. Today' from a street-corner machine. [+ of]
- ...his ability to write the most lyrical copy in the history of sports television.
- ...journalists looking for good copy.
- Disasters are always good copy
- A trip that made good copy
- copy all staff members with the annual report
- Can I copy the program to another computer? Copy the selected paragraph to the clipboard.
- I can't install the program—one file won't copy.
- Do you copy?
- Please bring me the copies of those reports.
- That handbag is a copy. You can tell because the buckle is different.
- Submit all copy to the appropriate editor.
- Tim got in trouble for forgetting his maths copy.
- Have you seen the latest copy of "Newsweek" yet?The library has several copies of the Bible.
- His virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.
- Please copy these reports for me.
- First copy the files, and then paste them in another directory.
- Don't copy my dance moves. Mom, he's copying me!
- Do you copy?
- A copy of a famous painting.
- The editor sent the copy for the next issue to the printer.
- The president is always good copy.
- Keep a backup copy of the document.
- To copy a set of figures from a book.