English Dictionary
Definition of “duplicate”
duplicate
Definitions
adjective
- copied exactly from an original
- identical
- existing as a pair or in pairs; twofold
noun
- an exact copy; double
- something additional or supplementary of the same kind
- two exact copies (esp in the phrase in duplicate)
verb
- (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 parts ⇒
the chromosomes duplicated in mitosis
Alternative Forms
duplicable (ˈdjuːplɪkəbəll
) adjective ˌduplicaˈbility noun ˈduplicately adverb ˈduplicative adjective Word Origin
C15: from Latin duplicāre to double, from duo two + plicāre to fold
Usage examples
We could be polite, affectionate even, concerned about Pat, but the love we had lost was impossible to duplicate now.
Tony Parsons, MAN AND WIFE (2002)Don't pay for duplicate coverage or for provisions you do not need.
Business Today (1998)TORIES Review ways to reduce various health-care fee schedules and eliminate duplicate disability insurance coverage.
Toronto Sun (2003)You won't leave with the duplicate of your chosen celebrity's style, just a good approximation.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)Karajan also convinced Bing to pay up to $20,000 for new lighting instruments which would duplicate the effects of his Salzburg Ring.
Susie Gilbert and Jay Shir, A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945 (2003)
