| copy | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. copy, transcript | a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record). |
| ~ written account, written record | a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. copy | a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing.; "she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a copy of its ancestor" |
| ~ anamorphosis, anamorphism | a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner. |
| ~ carbon copy, carbon | a copy made with carbon paper. |
| ~ casting, cast | object formed by a mold. |
| ~ duplication, duplicate | a copy that corresponds to an original exactly.; "he made a duplicate for the files" |
| ~ facsimile, autotype | an exact copy or reproduction. |
| ~ imitation | something copied or derived from an original. |
| ~ knockoff, clone | an unauthorized copy or imitation. |
| ~ miniature, toy | a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size. |
| ~ modification | slightly modified copy; not an exact copy.; "a modification of last year's model" |
| ~ photocopy | a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work. |
| ~ print | a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it). |
| ~ quadruplicate | any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one another exactly.; "it was signed in quadruplicate" |
| ~ replica, reproduction, replication | copy that is not the original; something that has been copied. |
| ~ representation | a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something. |
| ~ triplicate | one of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactly. |
| ~ xerox, xerox copy | a copy made by a xerographic printer. |
| n. (communication) | 3. copy, written matter | matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials. |
| ~ text, textual matter | the words of something written.; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" |
| ~ dump | (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs. |
| ~ fair copy | a clean copy of a corrected draft. |
| ~ filler | copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper. |
| n. (communication) | 4. copy | material suitable for a journalistic account.; "catastrophes make good copy" |
| ~ journalism, news media | newspapers and magazines collectively. |
| ~ material | information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form.; "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography" |
| v. (creation) | 5. copy | copy down as is.; "The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over" |
| ~ write | mark or trace on a surface.; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet" |
| ~ recopy | copy again.; "The child had to recopy the homework" |
| ~ copy out | copy very carefully and as accurately as possible. |
| v. (creation) | 6. copy, imitate, simulate | reproduce someone's behavior or looks.; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" |
| ~ conform to, follow | behave in accordance or in agreement with.; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example" |
| ~ mock | imitate with mockery and derision.; "The children mocked their handicapped classmate" |
| ~ reproduce | make a copy or equivalent of.; "reproduce the painting" |
| ~ take off | mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner.; "This song takes off from a famous aria" |
| ~ mime, mimic | imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect.; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately" |
| ~ model, pattern | plan or create according to a model or models. |
| ~ take after, follow | imitate in behavior; take as a model.; "Teenagers follow their friends in everything" |
| ~ emulate | strive to equal or match, especially by imitating.; "He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister" |
| v. (creation) | 7. copy, replicate | reproduce or make an exact copy of.; "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information" |
| ~ biological science, biology | the science that studies living organisms. |
| ~ duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate, double | make or do or perform again.; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" |
| v. (creation) | 8. copy, re-create | make a replica of.; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt" |
| ~ manifold | make multiple copies of.; "multiply a letter" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ imitate | make a reproduction or copy of. |
| ~ trace | copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of.; "trace a design"; "trace a pattern" |
| ~ back up | make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy.; "You'd better back up these files!" |
| ~ hectograph | copy on a duplicator.; "hectograph the hand-outs" |
| ~ clone | make multiple identical copies of.; "people can clone a sheep nowadays" |
| ~ mimeo, mimeograph | print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph.; "She mimeographed the syllabus" |
| ~ roneo | make copies on a Roneograph. |
| emulate | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. emulate | strive to equal or match, especially by imitating.; "He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister" |
| ~ imitate, simulate, copy | reproduce someone's behavior or looks.; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" |
| v. (stative) | 2. emulate | imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software. |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ imitate | appear like, as in behavior or appearance.; "Life imitate art" |
| v. (competition) | 3. emulate | compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with.; "This artist's drawings cannot emulate his water colors" |
| ~ compete, vie, contend | compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others. |
| imitate | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. imitate | appear like, as in behavior or appearance.; "Life imitate art" |
| ~ resemble | appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to.; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work" |
| ~ ape | imitate uncritically and in every aspect.; "Her little brother apes her behavior" |
| ~ emulate | imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software. |
| ~ follow suit | do what someone else is doing. |
| v. (creation) | 2. imitate | make a reproduction or copy of. |
| ~ re-create, copy | make a replica of.; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt" |
| sundog | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. mock sun, parhelion, sundog | a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals.; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once" |
| ~ dapple, maculation, patch, speckle, fleck, spot | a small contrasting part of something.; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" |
| imitate | | |
| mimic | | |
| n. (person) | 1. mimic, mimicker | someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress). |
| ~ imitator, impersonator | someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another. |
| v. (creation) | 2. mime, mimic | imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect.; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately" |
| ~ imitate, simulate, copy | reproduce someone's behavior or looks.; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" |
| adj. | 3. mimic | constituting an imitation.; "the mimic warfare of the opera stage" |
| ~ imitative | marked by or given to imitation.; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being" |
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