how to pronounce copy

/ˈkɑːpiː/

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the above transcription of copy is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

copy is pronounced in two syllables

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1.

ɑː

2.

iː

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An example use of copy in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… ear that was a copy to my cousin …”

meaning of copy

Copy means to make a duplicate of something.

copy frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word copy occurs in english on average 71.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics copy can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that copy can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;