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- DictionaryDu·pli·cate
adjective
- 1. exactly like something else, especially through having been copied: "a duplicate license is issued to replace a valid license which has been lost"
- 2. having two corresponding or identical parts: technical "a duplicate application form"
noun
- 1. one of two or more identical things: "books may be disposed of if they are duplicates"
- 2. short for duplicate bridge
verb
- 1. make or be an exact copy of: "they have not been able to duplicate his successes"
The meaning of DUPLICATE is consisting of or existing in two corresponding or identical parts or examples. How to use duplicate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Duplicate.
to make an exact copy of something: There's a machine that can duplicate nine DVDs at a time. to do something again that has already been done, when this is unnecessary: Some of the proposed laws duplicate those already adopted by the federal government.
Synonyms for DUPLICATE: identical, similar, comparable, same, analogous, equivalent, matching, indistinguishable; Antonyms of DUPLICATE: different, other, dissimilar, disparate, distinctive, distinct, diverse, distinguishable.
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. Synonyms: twofold.
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.
DUPLICATE meaning: 1. to make an exact copy of something: 2. to do something that has already been done, in exactly…. Learn more.
Duplicate is used to describe things that have been made as an exact copy of other things, usually in order to serve the same purpose.
duplicate meaning, definition, what is duplicate: to copy something exactly: Learn more.
to do or perform again; repeat: He duplicated his father's way of standing with his hands in his pockets. to double; make twofold.
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