copy

The definition of a copy is an exact duplicate of someone or something.

(noun)

An example of copy is a print from a digital photo.

Copy means to repeat something that someone else already did.

(verb)

An example of to copy is a dancer watching a choreographer dance and then doing the same dance moves.

See copy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. copies

a thing made just like another; imitation of an original; full reproduction or transcription
Now Rare a model or pattern, as of penmanship, to be imitated or reproduced
any of a number of books, magazines, engravings, etc. printed from the same plates or having the same printed matter
matter to be set in type or put on a printing plate
subject matter for a journalist, novelist, etc.: a trip that made good copy
the words of an advertisement, as distinct from the layout, pictures, music, etc.

Origin: ME copie, abundance, full transcript < OFr < ML copia, copious transcript < L copia, plenty: see copious

transitive verb, intransitive verb copied, copying

to make a copy or copies of (a piece of writing, etc.); reproduce; transcribe
to make or do something in imitation of (some thing or person); imitate
Informal to provide (someone) with a copy of a specified document, text, etc.: copy all staff members with the annual report

See copy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. cop·ies

An imitation or reproduction of an original; a duplicate: a copy of a painting; made two copies of the letter.
One specimen or example of a printed text or picture: an autographed copy of a novel.
Material, such as a manuscript, that is to be set in type.
The words to be printed or spoken in an advertisement.
Suitable source material for journalism: Celebrities make good copy.

verb cop·ied, cop·y·ing, cop·ies

verb, transitive