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duplicate
[ noun adjective doo-pli-kit, dyoo-; verb doo-pli-keyt, dyoo- ]
noun
- a copy exactly like an original.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- anything corresponding in all respects to something else.
- Cards. a duplicate game.
verb (used with object)
- to make an exact copy of.
- to do or perform again; repeat:
He duplicated his father's way of standing with his hands in his pockets.
- to double; make twofold.
verb (used without object)
- to become duplicate.
adjective
- exactly like or corresponding to something else:
duplicate copies of a letter.
- consisting of or existing in two identical or corresponding parts; double.
Synonyms:
- Cards. noting a game in which each team plays a series of identical hands, the winner being the team making the best total score.
duplicate
/ ˈːɪəə /
adjective
- copied exactly from an original
- identical
- existing as a pair or in pairs; twofold
noun
- an exact copy; double
- something additional or supplementary of the same kind
- two exact copies (esp in the phrase in duplicate )
verb
- tr to make a replica of
- tr to do or make again
- tr to make in a pair; make double
- intr biology to reproduce by dividing into two identical parts
the chromosomes duplicated in mitosis
Derived Forms
- ˈܱپ, adjective
- ˈܱٱ, adverb
- ˌܱˈٲ, noun
- duplicable, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ···پ adjective
- ԴDz····Բ adjective
- ···ٱ verb (used with object) preduplicated preduplicating
- ܲ·-··ٱ adjective
- ·-···Բ adjective
- ܲ···· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of duplicate1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of duplicate1
Idioms and Phrases
- in duplicate, in two copies, especially two identical copies:
Please type the letter in duplicate.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
They called the melody and phrasing a "duplicate" of their own songs.
Having two organisations often duplicating work, they say, led to wasted time and needless costs.
Criminals will either steal the registration plates from the vehicle or have duplicate number plates made to be put on another car.
The volunteers work on a four-week rota and take time to cut and sort out all the stories from two copies of each paper while being careful not to duplicate anything.
There’s a version of the Lumineers story that ends about a decade ago, in the wake of the two-piece folk-rock band’s struggle to duplicate the pop success of its debut single.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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