# copying

Pronunciation: say "KOP-ee-ing" US /ˈkɑpiɪŋ/, UK /ˈkɒpiɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of copy. — present participle and gerund of copy
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of copy. Use this -ing form for the action as it happens or as a thing in itself.
   - _The intern spent the whole morning copying files onto the new server._
   - _Copying the same chart by hand took her the entire afternoon._

## Noun

2. The practice of making one or more copies of something.
   - Simple: The act of making one or more copies of something.
   - _Modern copying lets a single document be reproduced thousands of times._
   - _Digital copying made distributing the report across offices effortless._
3. An individual instance of making a copy of something.
   - Simple: One act of making a copy of something.
   - _A single copying of the ledger preserved all the original figures._
   - _Several copyings of the contract were stored in different filing rooms._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/copying (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).