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.

Nearby words

duplex process, duplex pump, duplex uterus, duplexer, duplicable, duplicate, duplicate bridge, duplicating machine, duplication, duplication of chromosomes, duplication of the cube

Idioms

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

Origin of duplicate

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin duplicātus (past participle of duplicāre to make double), equivalent to duplic- (stem of duplex) duplex + -ātus -ate¹

SYNONYMS FOR duplicate

1 facsimile, replica, reproduction.

4 See imitate.

9 twofold.

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ANTONYMS FOR duplicate

1 original.

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Related forms

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

qua·si-du·pli·cate, adjectiveself-du·pli·cat·ing, adjectiveun·du·pli·cat·ed, adjectiveun·du·pli·ca·tive, adjective

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Examples from the Web for duplicated

In one study, children saw a magic trick where objects placed into one box were duplicated in another.
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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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Others saw a fluke convergence of interests that would not be duplicated in the near future.
Tea Party Victims Support Group|Benjamin Sarlin|December 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST
There is nothing unusual about this case, for it has been duplicated in the experience of many persons.
Clairvoyance and Occult Powers|Swami Panchadasi
Sergeant Walpole got exhaustedly off his monocycle and duplicated the 'copter man's efforts.
Morale|Murray Leinster
Here the first line is also the fourth and the seventh, while the second is duplicated in the last.
Rhymes and Meters|Horatio Winslow
By air-seasoning oak and similiar hardwoods, nature performs certain functions that cannot be duplicated by any artificial means.
Seasoning of Wood|Joseph B. Wagner
He had worn his very best—the suit he was proudest of and the one he knew couldn't be duplicated.
At Good Old Siwash|George Fitch

British Dictionary definitions for duplicated

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 Formsduplicable (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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Word Origin and History for duplicated (1 of 2)

duplicate

adj.

mid-15c., "having two parts, double," from Latin duplicatus, past participle of duplicare "to double," from duo "two" (see two) + plicare "to fold" see ply (v.1)). Meaning "exactly corresponding, that is an exact copy of" is from 1812.

Word Origin and History for duplicated (1 of 2)

duplicate

1620s, "to double," from Latin duplicatus, past participle of duplicare (see duplicate (adj.)). Meaning "make an exact copy" is from 1640s (implied in duplicated). Related: Duplicating. The noun is first recorded 1530s.

duplicate

noun

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

verb (used without object), du·pli·cat·ed, du·pli·cat·ing.

adjective

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duplicate

adjective (ˈdjuːplɪkɪt)

noun (ˈdjuːplɪkɪt)

verb (ˈdjuːplɪˌkeɪt)

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