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Cop|tic /kɒ pt I k/ ADJ [ADJ n] Coptic means belonging or relating to a part of the Christian Church which was started in Egypt. □  The Coptic Church is among the oldest churches of Christianity.

copu|la /kɒ pjʊlə/ (copulas ) N‑COUNT A copula is the same as a linking verb .

copu|late /kɒ pjʊle I t/ (copulates , copulating , copulated ) VERB If one animal or person copulates with another, they have sex. You can also say that two animals or people copulate. [TECHNICAL ] □ [V + with ] During the time she is paired to a male, the female allows no other males to copulate with her. □ [V ] Whales take twenty-four hours to copulate. ●  copu|la|tion /kɒ pjʊle I ʃ ^ə n/ (copulations ) N‑VAR □  …acts of copulation.

copy ◆◆◇ /kɒ pi/ (copies , copying , copied )

1 N‑COUNT If you make a copy of something, you produce something that looks like the original thing. □ [+ of ] The reporter apparently obtained a copy of Steve's resignation letter.

2 VERB If you copy something, you produce something that looks like the original thing. □ [V n] She never participated in obtaining or copying any classified documents for anyone. □ [be V -ed] …top designers, whose work has been widely copied. □ [V n + from ] He copied the chart from a book.

3 VERB If you copy a piece of writing, you write it again exactly. □ [V n] He would allow John to copy his answers to difficult algebra questions. □ [V n + into ] He copied the data into a notebook. □ [V + from ] We're copying from textbooks because we don't have enough to go round. ● PHRASAL VERB Copy out means the same as copy . □ [V P n] He wrote the title on the blackboard, then copied out the text sentence by sentence. □ [V n P ] 'Did he leave a phone number?'—'Oh, yes.' She copied it out for him.

4 VERB If you copy a person or what they do, you try to do what they do or try to be like them, usually because you admire them or what they have done. □ [V n] Children can be seen to copy the behaviour of others whom they admire or identify with. □ [V n + from ] …the coquettish gestures she had copied from actresses in soap operas. ●  copy|ing N‑UNCOUNT □  Children learn by copying.

5 N‑COUNT A copy of a book, newspaper, or CD is one of many that are exactly the same. □ [+ of ] I bought a copy of 'U.S.A. Today' from a street-corner machine. □  You can obtain a copy for $2 from New York Central Art Supply.

6 N‑UNCOUNT In journalism, copy is written material that is ready to be printed or read in a broadcast. [TECHNICAL ] □  …his ability to write the most lyrical copy in the history of sports television. □  …advertising copy.

7 N‑UNCOUNT In journalism, copy is news or information that can be used in an article in a newspaper. [TECHNICAL ] □  …journalists looking for good copy.

8 → see also back copy , carbon copy , hard copy COLLOCATIONS copy NOUN

1

adjective + copy : duplicate, exact, identical

verb + copy : keep, obtain, receive; enclose, send

5

noun + copy : hardback, paperback

adjective + copy : advance, autographed, bound, free; dog-eared, well-thumbed

verb + copy : buy, distribute, sell, sign VERB

2

copy+ noun : document, file, software

copy+ adverb : illegally; widely

3

copy+ noun : drawing, text

copy+ adverb : painstakingly, verbatim

4

copy+ noun : behaviour

copy+ adverb : slavishly

copy|book /kɒ pibʊk/

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A copybook action is done perfectly, according to established rules. [mainly BRIT ] □  Yuri gave a copybook display.