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
verb, as in increase twofold
adjective, as in identically copied from an original
What does duplicate mean?8
adjective
being two identical
identically copied from an original“a duplicate key”
verb
make or do or perform again“He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick”
duplicate or match“The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse”
increase twofold“The population doubled within 50 years”
make a duplicate or duplicates of“Could you please duplicate this letter for me?”
noun
something additional of the same kind“he always carried extras in case of an emergency”
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