different between copy vs mimeograph
copy
English
Alternative forms
- coppy, coppie, copie (all obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English copy, copie, from Old French copie (“abundance, plenty; transcript, copy”), from Medieval Latin copia (“reproduction, transcript”), from Latin c?pia (“plenty, abundance”), from *coopia, from co- (“together”) + ops (“wealth, riches”). More at opulent.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?pi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?pi/
- Hyphenation: copy
- Rhymes: -?pi
Noun
copy (plural copies)
- The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original.
- 1656, John Denham, preface to The Destruction of Troy
- I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original.
- 1656, John Denham, preface to The Destruction of Troy
- An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
- (journalism) The text that is to be typeset.
- (journalism) A gender-neutral abbreviation for copy boy.
- (marketing, advertising) The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.
- (uncountable) The text of newspaper articles.
- A school work pad.
- A printed edition of a book or magazine.
- Writing paper of a particular size, called also bastard.
- (obsolete) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech
- Let him first learn to write, after a copy of all the letters.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech
- (obsolete) An abundance or plenty of anything.
- 1599, Ben Jonson, Every Man out of His Humour
- She was blessed with no more copy of wit, but to serve his humour thus.
- 1599, Ben Jonson, Every Man out of His Humour
- (obsolete) copyhold; tenure; lease
- (genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- original
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Translations
Verb
copy (third-person singular simple present copies, present participle copying, simple past and past participle copied)
- (transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.
- (transitive) To give or transmit a copy to (a person).
- (transitive, computing) To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
- (transitive) To imitate.
- 1793, Dugald Stewart, Outlines of Moral Philosophy
- We copy instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation.
- 1793, Dugald Stewart, Outlines of Moral Philosophy
- (radio) To receive a transmission successfully.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:imitate
Derived terms
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Translations
Finnish
Etymology
From English copy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kopy/, [?ko?py]
- Syllabification: co?py
Noun
copy
- (slang) A copywriter.
- (slang) A copy (output of copywriter).
Declension
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- what copyright
- what copywriters do
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mimeograph
English
Etymology
Coined by A.B. Dick in 1889 and originally a trade name. From Ancient Greek ????? (mîmos), combining form mimeo +? -graph.
Noun
mimeograph (plural mimeographs)
- (historical) A machine for making printed copies using typed stencil, eventually superseded by photocopying.
Synonyms
- mimeo
- stencil duplicator
Derived terms
- mimeographic
- mimeography
Translations
Verb
mimeograph (third-person singular simple present mimeographs, present participle mimeographing, simple past and past participle mimeographed)
- To make mimeograph copies.
Translations
Further reading
- mimeograph on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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- mimeograph what type of media
- mimeograph what does it mean
- what does mimeograph smell like
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- what is mimeograph copies
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