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duplicate

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

noun

  1. a copy exactly like an original.

    Synonyms: , ,

    Antonyms:

  2. anything corresponding in all respects to something else.
  3. Cards. a duplicate game.


verb (used with object)

duplicated, duplicating.
  1. to make an exact copy of.
  2. to do or perform again; repeat:

    He duplicated his father's way of standing with his hands in his pockets.

  3. to double; make twofold.

verb (used without object)

duplicated, duplicating.
  1. to become duplicate.

adjective

  1. exactly like or corresponding to something else:

    duplicate copies of a letter.

  2. consisting of or existing in two identical or corresponding parts; double.

    Synonyms:

  3. 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

/ 藞诲箩耻藧辫濒瑟办蓹产蓹濒 /

adjective

  1. copied exactly from an original
  2. identical
  3. existing as a pair or in pairs; twofold
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an exact copy; double
  2. something additional or supplementary of the same kind
  3. two exact copies (esp in the phrase in duplicate )
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to make a replica of
  2. tr to do or make again
  3. tr to make in a pair; make double
  4. intr biology to reproduce by dividing into two identical parts

    the chromosomes duplicated in mitosis

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞诲耻辫濒颈肠补迟颈惫别, adjective
  • 藞诲耻辫濒颈肠补迟别濒测, adverb
  • 藢诲耻辫濒颈肠补藞产颈濒颈迟测, noun
  • duplicable, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 诲耻路辫濒颈路肠补路迟颈惫别 adjective
  • 苍辞苍路诲耻路辫濒颈路肠补迟路颈苍驳 adjective
  • 辫谤别路诲耻路辫濒颈路肠补迟别 verb (used with object) preduplicated preduplicating
  • 辩耻补路蝉颈-诲耻路辫濒颈路肠补迟别 adjective
  • 蝉别濒蹿路-诲耻路辫濒颈路肠补迟路颈苍驳 adjective
  • 耻苍路诲耻路辫濒颈路肠补迟路别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of duplicate1

First recorded in 1400鈥50; late Middle English, from Latin 诲耻辫濒颈肠腻迟耻蝉 (past participle of 诲耻辫濒颈肠腻谤别 鈥渢o make double鈥), equivalent to duplic- (stem of duplex ) duplex + -腻迟耻蝉 -ate 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of duplicate1

C15: from Latin 诲耻辫濒颈肠腻谤别 to double, from duo two + 辫濒颈肠腻谤别 to fold
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. in duplicate, in two copies, especially two identical copies:

    Please type the letter in duplicate.

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Synonym Study

See imitate.
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Example Sentences

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If China and the U.S. decoupled their economies, duplicate supply chains would emerge 鈥 one that involves China and one that involves the U.S.

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They called the melody and phrasing a "duplicate" of their own songs.

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Having two organisations often duplicating work, they say, led to wasted time and needless costs.

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Criminals will either steal the registration plates from the vehicle or have duplicate number plates made to be put on another car.

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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.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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