ADJ
- accurate, faithful, good
- cheap, crude, poor
- It was not the original painting, but a crude copy
- carbon, duplicate, exact, facsimile, identical, perfect, true
- The twins were carbon copies of each other. It must be certified as a true copy of the original document
- draft, working
- clean, fair
- master, original, top
- Take a photocopy of the master copy
- additional, extra, further, spare
- multiple
- The photocopier had been set for multiple copies
- modern
- certified
- photographic, photostat
- back-up
- Remember to make back-up copies of all your disks
- hard, paper, printed
- (computing) You will need to supply a hard copy version of all files
VERB + COPY
- make, print, run off, take
- I ran off a couple of copies of the letter
- attach, enclose, send
- I attach a copy of the report. Please find enclosed a copy of the draft document
- circulate, distribute, supply
- Copies of the article were circulated to members of the committee
- obtain, receive
- keep
- Remember to keep copies of all your correspondence
ADJ
- additional, extra, further, spare
- back, old
- I have a few back copies of the newspaper
- advance
- Advance copies of the book were sent out to reviewers
- review
- complimentary, free
- Free copies of the leaflet are available from the Department of the Environment
- illegal, illicit, pirate/pirated, unauthorized
- manuscript, printed, proof
- bound, hardback, leather-bound, paperback, presentation
- The candidate must submit two bound copies of his or her thesis
- battered, tattered, well-thumbed
- my battered copy of Shakespeare's plays
- perfect, pristine
- personal
- Charles I's personal copy of the psalter
- signed
VERB + COPY
- circulate, distribute
- sign
- Author Bob Woodhouse will be signing copies of his new book
COPY + VERB
- circulate
- Even with the new legislation pirate copies will circulate
- be available
ADJ
- good, great
- advertising
- editorial
- knocking (informal)
- Knocking copy (= writing that just says how bad sb/sth is) is simply lazy journalism
VERB + COPY
- edit, prepare, produce, write
- The subeditors prepare the reporters' copy for the paper
- make
- This will make great copy for the advertisement
COPY + NOUN
- editor
- date, deadline
- Copy date (= the date for handing in copy) for the next issue is 1 May
ADV
- illegally
- illegally copied software
PREP
- from, onto
- Data can be copied from the computer onto floppy disks
ADV
- carefully, laboriously, painstakingly
- down, out
- I copied down several phone numbers from the list. laboriously copying out an old manuscript
PREP
- from, into
- She copied all the addresses into her address book
- off
- copying a recipe off the packet
- onto
- He copied all the details from the brochure onto a piece of paper
ADV
- slavishly
- She slavishly copies the older girl's style
PREP
- from
- He's copied that mannerism from his brother
- off
- She was caught copying off another student