duplicate

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du|pli|cate (duplicates duplicating duplicated)
The verb is pronounced /dj'uːplɪkeɪt, AM d'uː-/ The noun and adjective are pronounced /dj'uːplɪkət, AM d'uː-/
1 [VERB] V n
If you duplicate something that has already been done, you repeat or copy it.
His task will be to duplicate his success overseas here at home...
= replicate
[N-COUNT]
Duplicate is also a noun.
Charles scored again, with an exact duplicate of his first goal.
2 [VERB] V n
To duplicate something which has been written, drawn, or recorded onto tape means to make exact copies of it.
...a business which duplicates video and cinema tapes for the movie makers.
= copy
[N-COUNT] also in N
Duplicate is also a noun.
I'm on my way to Switzerland, but I've lost my card. I've got to get a duplicate.
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
Duplicate is used to describe things that have been made as an exact copy of other things, usually in order to serve the same purpose.
He let himself in with a duplicate key.
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see also duplication

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