duplicate
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du·pli·cate
[n., adj. doo-pli-kit, dyoo-; v. doo-pli-keyt, dyoo-] noun, verb, du·pli·cat·ed, du·pli·cat·ing, adjective 
plɪ noun
1.
a copy exactly like an original.
2.
anything corresponding in all respects to something else.
3.
Cards. a duplicate game.
verb (used with object)
4.
to make an exact copy of.
5.
to do or perform again; repeat: He duplicated his father's way of standing with his hands in his pockets.
6.
to double; make twofold.
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verb (used without object)
7.
to become duplicate.
adjective
Idioms 8.
exactly like or corresponding to something else: duplicate copies of a letter.
9.
consisting of or existing in two identical or corresponding parts; double.
10.
Cards. noting a game in which each team plays a series of identical hands, the winner being the team making the best total score.
11.
in duplicate, in two copies, especially two identical copies: Please type the letter in duplicate.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin duplicātus (past participle of duplicāre to make double), equivalent to duplic- (stem of duplex) duplex + -ātus -ate1
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin duplicātus (past participle of duplicāre to make double), equivalent to duplic- (stem of duplex) duplex + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
du·pli·ca·tive, adjective
non·du·pli·cat·ing, adjective
non·du·pli·ca·tive, 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
Antonyms
1. original.
1. original.
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| duplicate | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | copied exactly from an original |
| 2. | identical |
| 3. | existing as a pair or in pairs; twofold |
| —n | |
| 4. | an exact copy; double |
| 5. | something additional or supplementary of the same kind |
| 6. | two exact copies (esp in the phrase in duplicate) |
| —vb | |
| 7. | (tr) to make a replica of |
| 8. | (tr) to do or make again |
| 9. | (tr) to make in a pair; make double |
| 10. | (intr) biology to reproduce by dividing into two identical parts: the chromosomes duplicated in mitosis |
| [C15: from Latin duplicāre to double, from duo two + plicāre to fold] | |
| duplicable | |
| —adj | |
| duplica'bility | |
| —n | |
| 'duplicately | |
| —adv | |
| 'duplicative | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
duplicate
early 15c., from L. duplicatus, pp. of duplicare "to double," from duo "two" + plicare "to fold" see ply (v.)). The noun is first recorded 1530s. The verb is attested from 1620s. Related: Duplicated; duplicating.
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Example sentences
The model will duplicate that in the private for-profit sector.
It enables authors to direct readers to content located elsewhere, without having to duplicate it unnecessarily.
But you can duplicate this idea without mail ordering.
Please note that duplicate entries will be discarded.
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