Word Meanings - COPY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy. 6. A writing paper Bastard. See under Paper. 7. Copyhold; tenure; lease. Shak. Copy book, a book in which copies are written or printed for learners

Additional info about word: COPY

Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy. 6. A writing paper Bastard. See under Paper. 7. Copyhold; tenure; lease. Shak. Copy book, a book in which copies are written or printed for learners to imitate. -- Examined copies , those which have been compared with the originals. -- Exemplified copies, those which are attested under seal of a court. -- Certified or Office copies, those which are made or attested by officers having charge of the originals, and authorized to give copies officially. Abbot. Syn. -- Imitation; transcript; duplicate; counterfeit. (more info) number, LL. also, a transcript; co- + the root of opes riches. See 1. An abundance or plenty of anything. She was blessed with no more copy of wit, but to serve his humor thus. B. Jonson. 2. An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue. I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original. Denham. 3. An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison. 4. That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation. Let him first learn to write, after a copy, all the letters. Holder.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of COPY)

• Counterpart
• Match
• fellow
• tally
• brother
• twin
• copy
• trail
• Copy
• transfer
• transcript
• sketch
• abstract
• order
• check
• Example
• Sample
• specimen
• pattern
• model
• illustration
• stance
• issue
• development
• Follow
• Pursue
• chase
• accompany
• obey
• Imitate
• succeed
• result
• ensue
• attend
• shadow
• observe
• Image
• Statue
• likeness
• representation
• effigy
• metaphor
• idea
• conception
• fiction
• picture
• vision

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of COPY)

• Abandon
• relinquish
• discard
• dismiss
• avoid
• elude
• evade
• Loose
• liberate
• instigate
• accelerate
• license
• indulge
• allow
• abet
• Originate
• arise
• precede
• spring
• commence
• start
• begin

Related words: (words related to COPY)

• CHECKWORK
  Anything made so as to form alternate squares lke those of a checkerboard.
• STATUELESS
  Without a statue.
• DISMISSIVE
  Giving dismission.
• METAPHORIST
  One who makes metaphors.
• SPREADINGLY
  , adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
• SUCCEEDANT
  Succeeding one another; following.
• STATUED
  Adorned with statues. "The statued hall." Longfellow. "Statued niches." G. Eliot.
• SPRINGBOARD
  An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.
• SPRINGE
  A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare. As a woodcock to mine own springe. Shak.
• FELLOW-COMMONER
  A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or dines, at the Fellow's table.
• SPRINGAL
  An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
• SHADOWY
  1. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. "Shadowy verdure." Fenton. This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods. Shak. 2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. "The shadowy past." Longfellow. 3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light. The moon
• SUCCEDANE
  A succedaneum.
• VISIONARY
  1. Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions. The visionary hour When musing midnight reigns. Thomson. 2. Affected by phantoms; disposed to receive impressions on the imagination; given
• DISMISSAL
  Dismission; discharge. Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. Motley.
• TALLYHO
  1. The huntsman's cry to incite or urge on his hounds. 2. A tallyho coach. Tallyho coach, a pleasure coach. See under Coach.
• SUCCESS
  1. Act of succeeding; succession. Then all the sons of these five brethren reigned By due success. Spenser. 2. That which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort.
• SPRINT
  To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. A runner should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit. (more info) Etym:
• STARTLINGLY
  In a startling manner.
• ALLOWEDLY
  By allowance; admittedly. Shenstone.
• FORESHADOW
  To shadow or typi Dryden.
• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• SUPERCONCEPTION
  Superfetation. Sir T. Browne.
• PRELUDE
  An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially , a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with
• ACCIDENTALLY
  In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.
• CALLOW
  1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play .
• HALLOW
  To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. "Hallowed be thy name." Matt. vi. 9. Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer. xvii. 24. His secret altar touched with hallowed
• INSTANCE
  1. The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion. Undertook at her instance to restore them. Sir W. Scott. 2. That which is instant or urgent; motive. The instances that second marriage
• UNRESISTANCE
  Nonresistance; passive submission; irresistance. Bp. Hall.
• THRYFALLOW
  To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow. Tusser.
• UNEXAMPLED
  Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled. "A revolution . . . unexampled for grandeur of results." De Quincey.
• DISPROPORTIONABLE
  Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
• DISPROPORTIONALITY
  The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.