reduplicate
verb
re·du·pli·cate ri-ˈdü-pli-ˌkāt 
ˌrē-,
-ˈdyü-
reduplicated; reduplicating; reduplicates
transitive verb
1
: to make or perform again : copy, repeat
2
: to form (a word) by reduplication
reduplicate
ri-ˈdü-pli-kət
adjective ˌrē-
-ˈdyü-
Synonyms
- clone
- copy
- copycat
- duplicate
- imitate
- render
- replicate
- reproduce
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
reduplicate a recording of the concert for my friend found out halfway through the project that I was reduplicating another team member's efforts, so we had to figure out who was going to do what
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin reduplicatus, past participle of reduplicare, from Latin re- + duplicare to double — more at duplicate
First Known Use
circa 1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
reduplicate
intransitive verb
re·du·pli·cate ri-ˈd(y)ü-pli-ˌkāt, ˈrē-
reduplicated; reduplicating
: to undergo reduplication
chromosomes reduplicate
reduplicated 1 of 2
adjective
as in duplicated
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- duplicated
- reproduced
- transcribed
- imitation
- synthetic
- photocopied
- artificial
- substitute
- simulated
- factitious
- copied
- backup
- plagiarized
- cribbed
- mock
- bogus
- fake
- imitative
- false
- mimetic
- sham
- misleading
- man-made
- fraudulent
- deceptive
- forged
- mimic
- emulative
- apish
- counterfeit
- formulaic
- epigonic
- slavish
- unoriginal
- epigonous
- canned
- perfunctory
- uninspired
- routine
- cut-and-dried
- cut-and-dry
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- original
- authentic
- bona fide
- true
- archetypal
- legitimate
- archetypical
- natural
- real
- genuine
- classic
- ideal
- model
reduplicated
2 of 2verb
1
as in reproduced
to make an exact likeness of reduplicate a recording of the concert for my friend Synonyms & Similar Words
- reproduced
- copied
- duplicated
- rendered
- imitated
- replicated
- reconstructed
- cloned
- recreated
- copycatted
- simulated
- mimicked
- ripped off
- counterfeited
- forged
- re-created
- knocked off
- faked
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- originated
- created
- initiated
- invented
- imagined
2
as in repeated
to make or do again found out halfway through the project that I was reduplicating another team member's efforts, so we had to figure out who was going to do what Synonyms & Similar Words
- repeated
- replicated
- duplicated
- renewed
- remade
- reprised
- recreated
- reiterated
- reenacted
- reinvented
- redid