Duplicate

Quick meaning: Duplicate is an adjective meaning Being the same as another; identical, often having been copied from an original.

Meaning

Being the same as another; identical, often having been copied from an original.

More Meanings

1. (games) In which the hands of cards, tiles, etc. are preserved between rounds to be played again by other players.
2. (transitive) To make a copy of.
3. (transitive) To do repeatedly; to do again.
4. (transitive) To produce something equal to.
5. One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.
6. A pawnbroker's ticket, which must be shown when redeeming a pledged item.
7. (law) An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original

Example Sentences

duplicate whist

duplicate Scrabble

This is a duplicate entry.

Can you duplicate this kind of key?

Word Forms

• duplicates
• duplicating
• duplicated

Synonyms for duplicate

Depending on context, synonyms include double, dupe, facsimilize, reproduction, tombstone, parallel.

Antonyms for duplicate

Common opposites include dedupe, deduplicate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include duplication, replicate, parallel, matching, same, reduplicate.

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