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DUPLICATE
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A copy that corresponds to an original exactly
Example:
he made a duplicate for the files
Synonyms:
duplicate; duplication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("duplicate" is a kind of...):
copy (a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "duplicate"):
backup; computer backup ((computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device)
counterpart; similitude; twin (a duplicate copy)
match; mate (an exact duplicate)
Derivation:
duplicate (make a duplicate or duplicates of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Something additional of the same kind
Example:
he always carried extras in case of an emergency
Synonyms:
duplicate; extra
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("duplicate" is a kind of...):
artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)
Derivation:
duplicate (make a duplicate or duplicates of)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being two identical
Synonyms:
duplicate; matching; twin; twinned
Classified under:
Similar:
matched (going well together; possessing harmonizing qualities)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Identically copied from an original
Example:
a duplicate key
Classified under:
Similar:
same (closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they duplicate ... he / she / it duplicates
Past simple: duplicated
Past participle: duplicated
-ing form: duplicating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Increase twofold
Example:
The population doubled within 50 years
Synonyms:
double; duplicate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "duplicate" is one way to...):
manifold; multiply (combine or increase by multiplication)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "duplicate"):
redouble (double again)
geminate (arrange or combine in pairs)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make or do or perform again
Example:
He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick
Synonyms:
double; duplicate; reduplicate; repeat; replicate
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "duplicate" is one way to...):
reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "duplicate"):
copy; replicate (reproduce or make an exact copy of)
recapitulate (repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life)
geminate; reduplicate (form by reduplication)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Make a duplicate or duplicates of
Example:
Could you please duplicate this letter for me?
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "duplicate" is one way to...):
reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
duplicate (a copy that corresponds to an original exactly)
duplicate (something additional of the same kind)
duplication (the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something)
duplication (a copy that corresponds to an original exactly)
duplicator (apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Duplicate or match
Example:
The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse
Synonyms:
duplicate; parallel; twin
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "duplicate" is one way to...):
agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Context examples:
Buck duplicated the manœuvre, this time to the left.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
“Her husband lies snoring on the kitchen rug. Here are his keys, which are the duplicates of Mr. Rucastle’s.”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Henderson duplicated it, selecting Harrison’s right oar.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The linkage between duplicated sister DNAs is established during S phase and maintained throughout G2 phase (cohesion).
(Mitotic Sister Chromatid Cohesion, NCI Thesaurus)
A food additive which duplicates the effect of sugar on the taste, but with fewer calories.
(Artificial Sweetener, NCI Thesaurus)
I have been making a duplicate of the catalogue of my father's books and pictures.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
An exact duplicate; coinciding in characteristics; similar or consistent.
(Match, NCI Thesaurus)
And now, sir, to reward you for the accurate guess, I will promise to paint you a careful and faithful duplicate of this very picture, provided you admit that the gift would be acceptable to you.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
“May I ask whether the two busts smashed in Dr. Barnicot’s rooms were the exact duplicates of the one which was destroyed in Morse Hudson’s shop?”
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Yes; she got a duplicate after the fire.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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