duplicate
Other forms: duplicated; duplicates; duplicating
Duplicate describes something that's an exact copy. If you tend to accidentally lock yourself out of your car, it's a good idea to carry a duplicate key with you just in case.
The word duplicate is useful when you're talking about a copy of something, like a duplicate of your birth certificate that you keep in a file, or a duplicate driver's license that you apply for after losing the original one. The verb duplicate is pronounced differently, with a long a sound, and it means to make a copy of or to multiply times two. The Latin root, duplicatus, means "to double."
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duplicate or match
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make a duplicate or duplicates of“Could you please duplicate this letter for me?”
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type of:
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reproduce
make a copy or equivalent of
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reproduce
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make or do or perform again
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synonyms:
double, reduplicate, repeat, replicate
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types:
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copy, replicate
reproduce or make an exact copy of
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recapitulate
repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life
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geminate, reduplicate
form by reduplication
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type of:
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reproduce
make a copy or equivalent of
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copy, replicate
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increase twofold
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a copy that corresponds to an original exactly“he made a duplicate for the files”
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synonyms:
duplication
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types:
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backup, computer backup
(computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device
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counterpart, similitude, twin
a duplicate copy
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match, mate
an exact duplicate
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type of:
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copy
a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing
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backup, computer backup
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something additional of the same kind
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being two identical
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identically copied from an original“a duplicate key”
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Synonyms:
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same
closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree
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same
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