copy

/ˈkɒpi/ verb

Definition

PRODUCE [T] › to produce something that is similar or exactly the same as something else: Copy the file onto disk. The design was copied from the American model.

BEHAVE [T] › to behave like someone else: He likes to copy his older brother.

CHEAT [I, T] › to cheat by looking at and using someone else's work: She copied his answers.

(Definition of copy verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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