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du⋅pli⋅cate

  [n., adj. doo-pli-kit, dyoo-; v. doo-pli-keyt, dyoo-] noun, verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing, adjective
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–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.
–verb (used without object)
7. to become duplicate.
–adjective
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.
—Idiom
11. in duplicate, in two copies, esp. two identical copies: Please type the letter in duplicate.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L duplicātus (ptp. of duplicāre to make double), equiv. to duplic- (s. of duplex) duplex + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
du⋅pli⋅ca⋅tive, adjective

Synonyms:
1. facsimile, replica, reproduction. 4. See imitate. 9. twofold.

Antonyms:
1. original.
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du·pli·cate   (dōō'plĭ-kĭt, dyōō'-)   
adj.  
  1. Identically copied from an original.
  2. Existing or growing in two corresponding parts; double.
  3. Denoting a manner of play in cards in which partnerships or teams play the same deals and compare scores at the end: duplicate bridge.
n.  
  1. An identical copy; a facsimile.
  2. One that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original.
  3. Games A card game in which partnerships or teams play the same deals and compare scores at the end.
v.   (-kāt') du·pli·cat·ed, du·pli·cat·ing, du·pli·cates

v.   tr.
  1. To make an exact copy of.
  2. To make twofold; double.
  3. To make or perform again; repeat: a hard feat to duplicate.
v.   intr.
To become duplicate.

[Middle English, from Latin duplicātus, past participle of duplicāre, to double, from duplex, duplic-, twofold; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]
du'pli·ca·ble, du'pli·cat'a·ble (-kā'tə-bəl) adj., du'pli·cate·ly adv., du'pli·ca'tive adj., du'pli·ca·to'ry (-kĭ-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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Duplicate

Du"pli*cate\, a. [L. duplicatus, p. p. of duplicare to double, fr. duplex double, twofold. See Duplex.] Double; twofold.

Duplicate proportion or ratio (Math.), the proportion or ratio of squares. Thus, in geometrical proportion, the first term to the third is said to be in a duplicate ratio of the first to the second, or as its square is to the square of the second. Thus, in 2, 4, 8, 16, the ratio of 2 to 8 is a duplicate of that of 2 to 4, or as the square of 2 is to the square of 4.

Duplicate

Du"pli*cate\, n. 1. That which exactly resembles or corresponds to something else; another, correspondent to the first; hence, a copy; a transcript; a counterpart.

I send a duplicate both of it and my last dispatch. -- Sir W. Temple.

2. (Law) An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original. --Burrill.

Duplicate

Du"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Duplicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Duplicating.]

1. To double; to fold; to render double.

2. To make a duplicate of (something); to make a copy or transcript of. --Glanvill.

3. (Biol.) To divide into two by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, infusoria duplicate themselves.
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Language Translation for : duplicate
Spanish: duplicado,
German: genau gleich,
Japanese: 複製の
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duplicate  (adj.)
1432, from L. duplicatus, pp. of duplicare "to double," from duo "two" + plicare "to fold" see ply (v.)). The noun is first recorded 1532. The verb is attested from 1623.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: du·pli·cate
Pronunciation: 'dü-pli-"kAt, 'dyü-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -cat·ed; -cat·ing
: to make a duplicate of —du·pli·ca·tive /-"kA-tiv/ adjective

Main Entry: du·pli·cate
Pronunciation: 'dü-pli-k&t, 'dyü-
Function: noun
: either of two things exactly alike and often produced at the same time; specifically : a counterpart identified in the Federal Rules of Evidence Rule 1001 as produced by the same impression as the original or from the same matrix or by means of photography, mechanical, or electronic rerecording, chemical reproduction, or another technique which accurately reproduces the original —compare ORIGINAL
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: du·pli·cate
Pronunciation: 'd(y)ü-pli-"kAt
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: -cat·ed;-cat·ing
: to become duplicate : REPLICATE duplicates>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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