copy
noun
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original.
am copying
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present progressiveof copy (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I can smel 'em at this very minit, as I am copying them down.
From The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush by William Makepeace Thackeray
I am copying down some of the stories that I hear as they are well worth it, and may come in handy some day.
From Letters of a Dakota Divorcee by Jane Burr
"I was going to show you something in a paper I am copying, and just in time I remembered that I had particularly promised not to show it to anybody."
From The Philistines by Arlo Bates
At this very moment I am copying out a document for him.
From Poor Folk by C. J. Hogarth
"I am copying what I see through this magnifying glass written on the window pane in the photograph," said the Tracer calmly.
From The Tracer of Lost Persons by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
