If you make a copy of something, you produce something that looks like the original thing.

If you copy something, you produce something that looks like the original thing.

If you copy a piece of writing, you write it again exactly.

If you copy a person or what they do, you try to do what they do or try to be like them, usually because you admire them or what they have done.

A copy of a book, newspaper, or CD is one of many that are exactly the same.

In journalism, copy is written material that is ready to be printed or read in a broadcast.

In journalism, copy is news or information that can be used in an article in a newspaper.