copying

cop-y-ing · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Present participle of copy; making a duplicate of something.

  2. 2.

    Imitating someone's behavior or work.

  3. 3.

    (as noun) The act of making copies.

Related words

Antonyms: creating, originating
See also: copied, copies, copy
Synonyms: duplicating, imitating, replicating, reproducing

Etymology

Present participle of copy, from Old French copie, from Latin copia.