copy

copy
n.
reproduction

1) to make, run off a copy

2) to Xerox (T) a copy

3) to print copypies (the publisher decided to print ten thousand copypies of the book)

4) to inscribe a copy (the author inscribed a copy of her book for him)

5) (a) clean, fair copy; hard ('readable') copy (from a computer); a rough; true copy

6) a backup; carbon; extra; master copy; photocopy; presentation; top (BE) ('original'); Xerox (T) copy

manuscript
draft of material to be printed

7) to edit copy

issue

8) an advance; back copy

news

9) to make good copy ('to be newsworthy')

* * *
['kɒpɪ]
Xerox (T) copy
a rough
back copy
fair copy
master copy
run off a copy
true copy
top ('original'; BE)
hard ('readable') copy (from a computer)
(a) clean
['issue'] an advance
['manuscript'] ['draft of material to be printed'] to edit copy
['reproduction'] to make
a backup
to Xerox (T) a copy
['news'] to make good copy ('to be newsworthy')
to inscribe a copy (the author inscribed a copy of her book for him)
to print copypies (the publisher decided to print ten thousand copypies of the book)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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