duplicate

verb

/ˈdjuːplɪkeɪt/

/ˈduːplɪkeɪt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they duplicate	/ˈdjuːplɪkeɪt/ /ˈduːplɪkeɪt/
he / she / it duplicates	/ˈdjuːplɪkeɪts/ /ˈduːplɪkeɪts/
past simple duplicated	/ˈdjuːplɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈduːplɪkeɪtɪd/
past participle duplicated	/ˈdjuːplɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈduːplɪkeɪtɪd/
-ing form duplicating	/ˈdjuːplɪkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈduːplɪkeɪtɪŋ/

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[often passive] duplicate something to make an exact copy of something
- Please keep the duplicated form and send us the original.
- This is a natural look which you can easily duplicate at home.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- exactly
- simply
- easily
- …
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duplicate something to do something again, especially when it is unnecessary
- There's no point in duplicating work already done.
- The original experiment cannot be exactly duplicated.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- exactly
- simply
- easily
- …
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More Like This Pronunciation changes by part of speech
Pronunciation changes by part of speech
- abuse
- alternate
- advocate
- approximate
- contract
- converse
- convict
- decrease
- delegate
- discount
- duplicate
- estimate
- export
- extract
- graduate
- import
- intimate
- moderate
- object
- permit
- present
- protest
- record
- refund
- refuse
- subject
- suspect
- survey
- torment
- upgrade

Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘having two corresponding parts’): from Latin duplicat- ‘doubled’, from the verb duplicare, from duplic- ‘twofold’, from duo ‘two’ + plicare ‘to fold’.

duplicate

adjective

/ˈdjuːplɪkət/

/ˈduːplɪkət/

[only before noun]

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exactly like something else; made as a copy of something else
- a duplicate invoice
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘having two corresponding parts’): from Latin duplicat- ‘doubled’, from the verb duplicare, from duplic- ‘twofold’, from duo ‘two’ + plicare ‘to fold’.

duplicate

noun

/ˈdjuːplɪkət/

/ˈduːplɪkət/

Idioms

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one of two or more things that are the same in every detail; a copy of an original synonym copy
- Books may be disposed of if they are duplicates.
- Is this a duplicate or the original?
Extra Examples
- The ring was an exact duplicate of her mother's ring.
- We made a duplicate of the key.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- exact
verb + duplicate
- create
- make
preposition
- in duplicate
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Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘having two corresponding parts’): from Latin duplicat- ‘doubled’, from the verb duplicare, from duplic- ‘twofold’, from duo ‘two’ + plicare ‘to fold’.

Idioms

in duplicate

(of documents, etc.) as two copies that are exactly the same in every detail
- The contract is prepared in duplicate, so that both parties can sign it.
compare triplicate

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