reduplicate
verb /ˌriːˈdjuːplɪkeɪt/
/ˌriːˈduːplɪkeɪt/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they reduplicate | /ˌriːˈdjuːplɪkeɪt/ /ˌriːˈduːplɪkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it reduplicates | /ˌriːˈdjuːplɪkeɪts/ /ˌriːˈduːplɪkeɪts/ |
| past simple reduplicated | /ˌriːˈdjuːplɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˌriːˈduːplɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle reduplicated | /ˌriːˈdjuːplɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˌriːˈduːplɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form reduplicating | /ˌriːˈdjuːplɪkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˌriːˈduːplɪkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- reduplicate (something/itself) to make a copy of something in order to form another of the same kind
- These cells are able to reduplicate themselves.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from late Latin reduplicat-, ‘doubled again’, from the verb reduplicare, from re- ‘again’ + duplicare (from duplic- ‘twofold’, from duo ‘two’ + plicare ‘to fold’).