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copywork

copywork noun: the practice of copying popular works line by line to improve writing skills.

Noun

copywork (countable and uncountable, plural copyworks)

  1. (uncountable) The practice of copying popular works line by line to improve writing skills.
    Synonyms:
    transcription
  2. (countable) A written work produced by copywork.

Synonyms of copywork

Forms of copywork

pluralcopyworks

Questions about copywork

What does copywork mean?
Copywork means the practice of copying popular works line by line to improve writing skills.
What part of speech is copywork?
Copywork is a noun.
What is the plural of copywork?
The plural of copywork is copyworks.

Words near copywork in the dictionary

  1. copytexts
  2. Copythorne
  3. copyvio
  4. copyvios
  5. copywise
  6. copywork
  7. copyworks
  8. copywrite
  9. copywriter
  10. copywriters
  11. copywrites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: copywork (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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