S: (n) record (anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events) "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques"
S: (n) file, data file (a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together)
S: (n) history, account, chronicle, story (a record or narrative description of past events) "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"
S: (n) working papers (records kept of activities involved in carrying out a project) "the auditor was required to produce his working papers"
S: (n) copy (a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing) "she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a copy of its ancestor"
S: (n) copy, written matter (matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials)
S: (n) copy (material suitable for a journalistic account) "catastrophes make good copy"
Verb
S: (v) copy (copy down as is) "The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over"
S: (v) imitate, copy, simulate (reproduce someone's behavior or looks) "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"
S: (v) replicate, copy (reproduce or make an exact copy of) "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information"
S: (v) copy, re-create (make a replica of) "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt"