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- [noun, adjective doo-pli-kit, dyoo-; verb doo-pli-keyt, dyoo-]
- /noun, adjective ˈdu plɪ kɪt, ˈdyu-; verb ˈdu plɪˌkeɪt, ˈdyu-/
- /ˈdjuː.plɪ.keɪt/
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- [noun, adjective doo-pli-kit, dyoo-; verb doo-pli-keyt, dyoo-]
- /noun, adjective ˈdu plɪ kɪt, ˈdyu-; verb ˈdu plɪˌkeɪt, ˈdyu-/
Definitions of duplicate word
- noun duplicate a copy exactly like an original. 1
- noun duplicate anything corresponding in all respects to something else. 1
- noun duplicate Cards. a duplicate game. 1
- verb with object duplicate to make an exact copy of. 1
- verb with object duplicate to do or perform again; repeat: He duplicated his father's way of standing with his hands in his pockets. 1
- verb with object duplicate to double; make twofold. 1
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Origin of duplicate
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English < Latin duplicātus (past participle of duplicāre to make double), equivalent to duplic- (stem of duplex) duplex + -ātus -ate1
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Parts of speech for Duplicate
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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duplicate popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
duplicate usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for duplicate
verb duplicate
- imitate — to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example: to imitate an author's style; to imitate an older brother.
- clone — If someone or something is a clone of another person or thing, they are so similar to this person or thing that they seem to be exactly the same as them.
- reproduce — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- replicate — Also, replicated. folded; bent back on itself.
- mirror — any reflecting surface, as the surface of calm water under certain lighting conditions.
noun duplicate
- carbon copy — If you say that one person or thing is a carbon copy of another, you mean that they look or behave exactly like them.
- replacement — the act of replacing.
- spare — to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
- reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
- replica — a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
adjective duplicate
- identical — similar or alike in every way: The two cars are identical except for their license plates.
- matching — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- corresponding — parallel; equivalent
- duplex — duplex apartment.
- same — identical with what is about to be or has just been mentioned: This street is the same one we were on yesterday.
Antonyms for duplicate
verb duplicate
- divide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
noun duplicate
- original — belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
- difference — the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
- dissimilarity — unlikeness; difference.
- opposite — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
- reality — the state or quality of being real.
adjective duplicate
- different — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
- dissimilar — not similar; unlike; different.
- unequal — not equal; not of the same quantity, quality, value, rank, ability, etc.: People are unequal in their capacities.
- variable — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- unmatching — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
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