Copied

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ˈkɑpid/

Definitions

1. To recreate an item or information exactly as it is, to produce materials that match the original precisely, or to fabricate a version that mirrors the source accurately
2. To produce an exact replica of a given object or data to ensure identical appearance or content
3. To make a precise reproduction of something so that the new version is indistinguishable from the original

Etymology: Copy comes from Latin "copia", meaning abundance or plenty, and the verb sense of making a duplicate grew out of that idea of having more of something. In Latin, "copia" was used for supply, wealth and resources, and it passed into Old French as "copie" with the sense of an abundance of written material. From there it came to mean a reproduction of a text, which is the origin of the modern meaning. English took the noun from Old French in the Middle Ages, and the verb to copy developed from it later, first meaning to transcribe or reproduce writing by hand. The idea of plenty never disappeared entirely; it is still present when a copy is understood as one of many, a multiplied thing rather than a single original. The word therefore began with a notion of wealth and multiplicity and narrowed into the specific act of making a duplicate.

Synonyms: duplicated, reproduced, transcribed, imitation, cloned

Antonyms: original, created, authored