duplicate

[ noun, adjective doo-pli-kit, dyoo-; verb doo-pli-keyt, dyoo- ]

/ noun, adjective ˈdu plɪ kɪt, ˈdyu-; verb ˈdu plɪˌkeɪt, ˈdyu- /

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noun

a copy exactly like an original.

anything corresponding in all respects to something else.

Cards. a duplicate game.

verb (used with object), du·pli·cat·ed, du·pli·cat·ing.

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), du·pli·cat·ed, du·pli·cat·ing.

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.

Cards. noting a game in which each team plays a series of identical hands, the winner being the team making the best total score.

OTHER WORDS FOR duplicate

1 facsimile, replica, reproduction.

9 twofold.

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OPPOSITES FOR duplicate

1 original.

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Idioms about duplicate

in duplicate, in two copies, especially two identical copies: Please type the letter in duplicate.

Origin of duplicate

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin duplicātus (past participle of duplicāre “to make double”), equivalent to duplic- (stem of duplex ) duplex + -ātus -ate¹

synonym study for duplicate

4. See imitate.

OTHER WORDS FROM duplicate

du·pli·ca·tive, adjectivenon·du·pli·cat·ing, adjectivepre·du·pli·cate, verb (used with object), pre·du·pli·cat·ed, pre·du·pli·cat·ing.qua·si-du·pli·cate, adjective

self·-du·pli·cat·ing, adjectiveun·du·pli·cat·ed, adjective

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How to use duplicate in a sentence

You might find that what you’re looking for is already available, but you’ll also ensure your new combos don’t duplicate those that are already set up.
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In doing so you would create large amounts of voter confusion and generate a large volume of duplicate applications that would have the potential of doing very real harm to this system.
A Nonprofit With Ties to Democrats Is Sending Out Millions of Ballot Applications. Election Officials Wish It Would Stop.|by Joshua Eaton, Lauren Rosenthal and Thy Anh Vo|October 23, 2020|ProPublica
Neighboring Montgomery County has rejected 32,000 of its 174,000 applications, or 18%, as duplicates.
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This issue is when the URL Inspector may show the URL as a duplicate and the Google-selected canonical will be different from it.
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This enables PPC and SEO teams to identify where there are opportunities and how strategies can be adjusted to leverage them, without duplicating each other’s efforts.
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In one study, children saw a magic trick where objects placed into one box were duplicated in another.
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His velvety smooth baritone is among the most imitated but never quite duplicated.
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Urologists categorize diphallia into three groups based on how much is duplicated.
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The finding is heady stuff – if duplicated, this would represent one of the most effective approaches yet demonstrated.
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If it could be duplicated, that would only get Ryan to his absolute minimum level of revenues as a share of GDP.
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Indeed Parliament is not free from blame for many unnecessary duplicated lines throughout the kingdom.
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The novel duplicated the success of the play; in fact the book is greater than the play.
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This is a fact, and I presume it can be duplicated in almost every neighborhood.
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For the same reasons a meaningless syllable is often added or a significant syllable duplicated.
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It was a moment hardly likely to be duplicated in any life, and Ethel escaped from its tense emotions as soon as possible.
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British Dictionary definitions for duplicate

duplicate

adjective (ˈdjuːplɪkɪt)

copied exactly from an original

identical

existing as a pair or in pairs; twofold

noun (ˈdjuːplɪkɪt)

an exact copy; double

something additional or supplementary of the same kind

two exact copies (esp in the phrase in duplicate)

verb (ˈdjuːplɪˌkeɪt)

(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 partsthe chromosomes duplicated in mitosis

Derived forms of duplicate

duplicable (ˈdjuːplɪkəbəl), adjectiveduplicability, nounduplicately, adverbduplicative, adjective

Word Origin for duplicate

C15: from Latin duplicāre to double, from duo two + plicāre to fold

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