duplicate

English

Etymology

From Latin duplicatus (past participle of duplicare).

Pronunciation

Noun, adjective

• IPA: /ˈdjuː.plɪ.kət/, SAMPA: /"dju:.plI.k@t/

• Audio (US)

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Verb

• IPA: /ˈdjuː.plɪˌkeɪt/, SAMPA: /"dju:.plI%keIt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Adjective

duplicate (not comparable)

1. being the same as another; identical. This may exclude the first identical item in a series, but usage is inconsistent.

   This is a duplicate entry.

Verb

duplicate (third-person singular simple present duplicates, present participle duplicating, simple past and past participle duplicated)

1. to make a copy of

   If we duplicate the information, are we really accomplishing much?

2. to do repeatedly; to do again

   You don't need to duplicate my efforts.

3. to produce something equal to

   He found it hard to duplicate the skills of his wife.

Translations

to make a copy of

Bulgarian: правя копие (bg) Catalan: duplicar (ca) Czech: zdvojit (cs) Finnish: kopioida (fi), kahdentaa (fi), jäljentää (fi)

French: copier (fr), dupliquer (fr) Italian: duplicare (it) Romanian: duplica (ro) Spanish: duplicar (es) Swedish: duplicera (sv)

See also

• repeat

Noun

duplicate (plural duplicates)

1. One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.

   This is a duplicate, but a very good replica.

Synonyms

• reproduction

Translations

an identical copy

Bulgarian: копие (bg) Catalan: duplicat (ca) m. Czech: duplikát (cs) m., kopie (cs) f.

Finnish: kopio (fi), kaksoiskappale (fi), jäljennös (fi) French: duplicata (fr) m., double (fr) m., copie (fr) f. German: Duplikat (de) n., Kopie (de) f. Romanian: duplicat (ro), copie (ro)

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Italian

Verb

duplicate

1. second-person plural present indicative of duplicare
2. second-person plural imperative of duplicare
3. Feminine plural of duplicato

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Latin

Verb

duplicāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of duplicō