duplicate
a copy exactly like an original.
anything corresponding in all respects to something else.
Cards. a duplicate game.
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.
to become duplicate.
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.
Idioms about duplicate
in duplicate, in two copies, especially two identical copies: Please type the letter in duplicate.
Origin of duplicate
1synonym study For duplicate
Other words for duplicate
Opposites for duplicate
Other words from duplicate
- du·pli·ca·tive, adjective
- non·du·pli·cat·ing, adjective
- pre·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, adjective
- un·du·pli·cat·ed, adjective
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How to use duplicate in a sentence
A small rock-bound pond curved about the inner base of the moon-viewing hill, duplicating in its clear surface the beauties near.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaThe mate had sailed with globe-trotters before, though possibly with none quite duplicating Mr. Tunstal.
Where the Pavement Ends | John RussellWhere is the harm in duplicating terms, if only the duplicates be in themselves good terms?
America To-day, Observations and Reflections | William ArcherIf he be rich and ravenous, however, there is nothing for it but duplicating—the most virulent form of book-mania.
The Book-Hunter | John Hill BurtonAmericans duplicating old European Libraries, 174—in relation to art and letters, ib.
The Book-Hunter | John Hill Burton
British Dictionary definitions for duplicate
copied exactly from an original
identical
existing as a pair or in pairs; twofold
an exact copy; double
something additional or supplementary of the same kind
two exact copies (esp in the phrase in duplicate)
(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
Origin of duplicate
1Derived forms of duplicate
- duplicable (ˈdjuːplɪkəbəl), adjective
- duplicability, noun
- duplicately, adverb
- duplicative, adjective
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