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duplicate

/ˈd(j)uː.plɪ.kət/noun, verb, adjective3 syllables

Duplicate means: being two identical.

Synonyms for duplicate16

noun, as in something additional of the same kind

noun, as in a copy that corresponds to an original exactly

duplication

verb, as in make or do or perform again

reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate

verb, as in duplicate or match

verb, as in increase twofold

adjective, as in being two identical

adjective, as in identically copied from an original

also used for duplicate

dupe, facsimilize, tombstone, reproduction

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does duplicate mean?8

adjective

1

being two identical

2

identically copied from an original“a duplicate key”

verb

1

make or do or perform again“He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick”

2

duplicate or match“The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse”

3

increase twofold“The population doubled within 50 years”

4

make a duplicate or duplicates of“Could you please duplicate this letter for me?”

noun

1

something additional of the same kind“he always carried extras in case of an emergency”

2

a copy that corresponds to an original exactly“he made a duplicate for the files”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Duplicate in a sentence

  • I don't know how, but they got a duplicate key.astyng
  • Horus has a tough job, searching through millions of sentences to find duplicates.espamatics
  • Horus is a bird soaring around the site, looking for duplicated sentences.espamatics
  • I left a duplicate key to the room with my mother.CK
  • He had a duplicate key made from that one.CK
  • This sentence has been deleted because it was a duplicate.LeeSooHa
  • I haven't yet deleted all the duplicate photos.CK
  • I need to go get a duplicate key made.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of duplicate

as a noun

plural
duplicates

as a verb

past tense
duplicated
present participle
duplicating
third-person singular
duplicates
past participle
duplicated