Copy vs. Original

Copynoun

The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original.

Copynoun

An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.

Copynoun

(journalism) The text that is to be typeset.

Copynoun

(journalism) A gender-neutral abbreviation for copy boy.

Copynoun

The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.

Copynoun

(uncountable) The text of newspaper articles.

Copynoun

A school work pad.

Copynoun

A printed edition of a book or magazine.

Copynoun

Writing paper of a particular size, called also bastard.

Copynoun

(obsolete) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example.

Copynoun

(obsolete) An abundance or plenty of anything.

Copynoun

(obsolete) copyhold; tenure; lease

Copynoun

(genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.

Copyverb

(transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.

Copyverb

To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.

Copyverb

(transitive) To imitate.

Copyverb

To receive a transmission successfully.

Copynoun

An abundance or plenty of anything.

Copynoun

An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue.

Copynoun

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.

Copynoun

That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.

Copynoun

Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy.

Copynoun

A writing paper of a particular size. Same as Bastard. See under Paper.

Copynoun

Copyhold; tenure; lease.

Copyverb

To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; - often with out, sometimes with off.

Copyverb

To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life.

Copyverb

To make a copy or copies; to imitate.

Copyverb

To yield a duplicate or transcript; as, the letter did not copy well.

Copynoun

a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)

Copynoun

a secondary representation of an original;

Copynoun

matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials

Copynoun

material suitable for a journalistic account;

Copyverb

copy down as is;

Copyverb

reproduce someone's behavior or looks;

Copyverb

biology: reproduce or make an exact copy of;

Copyverb

make a replica of;

Copynoun

a thing made to be similar or identical to another

Copynoun

a single specimen of a particular book, record, or other publication or issue

Copynoun

matter to be printed

Copynoun

material for a newspaper or magazine article

Copynoun

the text of an advertisement

Copynoun

a blank booklet or notebook used for schoolwork

Copyverb

make a similar or identical version of; reproduce

Copyverb

reproduce (data stored in one location) in another location

Copyverb

write out information that one has read or heard

Copyverb

send a copy of a letter or an email to (a third party)

Copyverb

send someone a copy of an email that is addressed to a third party

Copyverb

imitate the style or behaviour of

Copyverb

hear or understand someone speaking on a radio transmitter

Originaladjective

(not comparable) Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.

Originaladjective

(not comparable) First in a series or copies/versions.

Originaladjective

(not comparable) Newly created.

Originaladjective

(comparable) Fresh, different.

Originaladjective

(not comparable) Pioneering.

Originaladjective

(not comparable) Having as its origin.

Originalnoun

An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived.

Originalnoun

A person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent.

Originalnoun

(archaic) An eccentric.

Originaladjective

Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process.

Originaladjective

Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture.

Originaladjective

Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.

Originaladjective

Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter.

Originalnoun

Origin; commencement; source.

Originalnoun

That which precedes all others of its class; archetype; first copy; hence, an original work of art, manuscript, text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy, translation, etc.

Originalnoun

An original thinker or writer; an originator.

Originalnoun

A person of marked eccentricity.

Originalnoun

The natural or wild species from which a domesticated or cultivated variety has been derived; as, the wolf is thought by some to be the original of the dog, the blackthorn the original of the plum.

Originalnoun

an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

Originalnoun

an original model on which something is patterned

Originaladjective

preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed;

Originaladjective

(of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary;

Originaladjective

being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of;

Originaladjective

not derived or copied or translated from something else;

Originaladjective

present or existing from the beginning; first or earliest

Originaladjective

created personally by a particular artist, writer, musician, etc.; not a copy

Originaladjective

not dependent on other people's ideas; inventive or novel

Originalnoun

the earliest form of something, from which copies may be made

Originalnoun

the language in which something was first written

Originalnoun

a person or place on which a character or location in a literary work is based

Originalnoun

a book or recording that has not been previously made available in a different form

Originalnoun

a garment made to order from a design specially prepared for a fashion collection

Originalnoun

an eccentric or unusual person