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replica

[ rep-li-kuh ]

noun

  1. a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under their supervision.
  2. any close or exact copy or reproduction.

    Synonyms: imitation, facsimile, duplicate



replica

/ ˈrɛplɪkə /

noun

  1. an exact copy or reproduction, esp on a smaller scale


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Word History and Origins

Origin of replica1

First recorded in 1815–25; from Italian: “reply, repetition,” derivative of replicare “to repeat” from Late Latin replicāre “to reply

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Word History and Origins

Origin of replica1

C19: from Italian, literally: a reply, from replicare to repeat, from Latin: to bend back, repeat

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Example Sentences

On the piano is a portrait of Lizzie, and replica skulls of the Bordens are displayed in the dining room.

Two Rivers functions like a fanboy gift shop with impeccable replica items.

The duchess sat at a replica radio to hear, learn about, and decipher morse code.

In his new video for “I Want the Love,” Puff Daddy sits tight on what appears to be a pretty good replica of the iron throne.

It features a mirror finished replica of a Steinway Grand and incorporates innovative multi-sensorial audio technology.

His Nell had left him in his daughter Nelly a replica of herself.

For me every crude wooden cross that rises in the fields has this human replica of the Calvary.

Waiting, while I held the mirror in front of me and slowly made my face into an exact replica of his.

Here it frequently occurs that a sick man lays a wax replica of the diseased part of his body upon the altar of the saint.

A replica of the Hermes of Praxiteles—of course only the bust—stood in the hall with a real palm behind it.

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