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Another word for copy

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Noun

  1. Something closely resembling another

    See also:

    same

  2. An inferior substitute imitating an original

    See also:

    substitute

Verb

  1. To make a copy of

      1. To have or take on the appearance, sound, or character of; imitate:
      2. To make in imitation of or as a substitute for:
      3. To make a pretense of; feign:
      1. To produce again or anew; re-create:
      2. To produce a copy, imitation, or representation of:
      3. To generate (offspring) by sexual or asexual means.
      1. To duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat:
      2. To reproduce or make an exact copy or copies of (genetic material, a cell, or an organism).
      3. To repeat (a scientific experiment) to confirm findings or ensure accuracy.
      1. To use or follow as a model:
      2. To copy the mannerisms or speech of; mimic:
      3. To copy (mannerisms or speech):
      1. Identically copied from an original.
      2. Existing or growing in two corresponding parts; double.
      3. Denoting a manner of play in cards in which partnerships or teams play the same deals and compare scores at the end:
    See also:

    same

  2. To take as a model or make conform to a model

    Idioms:
    See also:

    same

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Another word for copy

Noun
  1. See also:

    reproduction

    imitation

    duplicate

Verb

  1. To imitate

      1. Any of various tailless Old World primates of the superfamily Hominoidea, including the gibbons, orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans.
      2. Any of various members of this superfamily bearing fur and usually living in the wild, especially orangutans, gorillas, and chimpanzees, in contrast to humans. Not in scientific use.
      3. A tailed primate such as a monkey. Not in scientific use.
      1. To copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression, and gesture:
      2. To copy or imitate so as to ridicule; mock:
      3. To reproduce or simulate:
    See also:

    parody

    imitate

    follow

  2. To reproduce

      1. Alternative form of knockoff.
      2. Used other than as an idiom: see knock,"Ž off.
      3. To bump or hit so that something falls off
      1. A bed with high sides for a young child or baby.
      2. A small building, usually with slatted sides, for storing corn.
      3. A rack or trough for fodder; a manger.
      1. To direct or carry from a lower to a higher position; raise:
      2. To transport by air:
      3. To revoke by taking back; rescind:
      1. To obtain or receive (something) on loan with the promise or understanding of returning it or its equivalent.
      2. To adopt or use as one's own:
      3. In subtraction, to take a unit from the next larger denomination in the minuend so as to make a number larger than the number to be subtracted.
      1. To reproduce or otherwise use (the words, ideas, or other work of another) as one's own or without attribution.
      2. To plagiarize the words, ideas, or work of (another person).
      3. To present another's words or ideas as one's own or without attribution.
      1. A group of cells or organisms that are descended from and genetically identical to a single progenitor, such as a bacterial colony whose members arose from a single original cell.
      2. An organism developed asexually from another and genetically identical to it, such as an animal produced from an egg cell into which the nucleus of an adult individual has been transferred.
      3. A DNA sequence, such as a gene, that is transferred from one organism to another and replicated by genetic engineering techniques.
      1. To duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat:
      2. To reproduce or make an exact copy or copies of (genetic material, a cell, or an organism).
      3. To repeat (a scientific experiment) to confirm findings or ensure accuracy.
      1. To repeat over and again; redouble.
      2. To double (the initial syllable or all of a root word) to produce an inflectional or derivational form.
      3. To form (a new word) by doubling all or part of a word.
      1. To say again:
      2. To utter in duplication of another's utterance:
      3. To recite from memory:
      1. A visual representation or image painted, drawn, photographed, or otherwise rendered on a flat surface.
      2. A visible image, especially one on a flat surface or screen:
      3. A vivid or realistic verbal description:
      1. To depict or represent pictorially; make a picture of:
      2. To describe or represent in words:
      3. To describe or depict in a certain way:
      1. To represent in a picture or sculpture:
      2. To represent in words; describe:
      1. To draw or depict:
      2. To describe or characterize in words:
      3. To mark, form, or show the outline or border of:
      1. To make a full written or typewritten copy of (dictated material, for example).
      2. To transfer (information) from one recording and storing system to another.
      3. To adapt or arrange (a composition) for a voice or instrument other than the original.
      1. The same as stated above or before.
      2. A duplicate; a copy.
      3. A pair of small marks (") used to indicate that the word, phrase, or figure given above is to be repeated.
      1. To make a photographic reproduction of (printed or graphic material), especially by xerography.
      2. A photographic or xerographic reproduction.
      1. A furnace or hearth where metals are heated or wrought; a smithy.
      2. A workshop where pig iron is transformed into wrought iron.
      3. To form (metal, for example) by heating in a forge and beating or hammering into shape.
      1. To make an imitation or copy of (something), usually with the intent to defraud:
      2. To make a pretense of; feign:
      3. To carry on a deception; dissemble.
      1. A restatement of a text or passage in another form or other words, often to clarify meaning.
      2. The restatement of texts in other words as a studying or teaching device.
      3. The adaptation or alteration of a text or quotation to serve a different purpose from that of the original.
      1. Identically copied from an original.
      2. Existing or growing in two corresponding parts; double.
      3. Denoting a manner of play in cards in which partnerships or teams play the same deals and compare scores at the end:
      1. To have as a meaning, suggestion, or association; stand for or symbolize:
      2. To indicate or communicate by signs or symbols:
      3. To depict in art; portray:
    See also:

    imitate

    reproduce

    draw

Synonym Study

  • A replica is an exact reproduction of a work of art or other object, sometimes on a smaller scale a replica of the Parthenon, in strict usage referring to a reproduction of a work of art made by the original artist
  • A duplicate is a double, or counterpart, of something, serving all the purposes of the original a duplicate of the contract
  • A facsimile is an exact reproduction in appearance, sometimes, however, differing in scale a facsimile of the original Declaration of Independence
  • Reproduction implies a close imitation of an original, often, however, with differences, as of material, size, or quality a reproduction of a painting
  • Copy , the broadest of these terms, refers to a thing that is made to be like another, whether the resulting correspondence is exact or approximate a carbon copy
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Sentence Examples

  • But we have a copy of it.

  • Each of those new cells has a new copy of your DNA.

  • Dean started to copy the names but Monica stopped him.

  • That was why he asked for a copy of them.

  • His best known work was Die Betooverde Wereld (1691), or The World Bewitched (1695; one volume of an English translation from a French copy), in which he examined critically the phenomena generally ascribed to spiritual agency, and attacked the belief in sorcery and "possession" by the devil, whose very existence he questioned.

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