duplicate

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin duplicātus, perfect passive participle of duplicō, see -ate. === Pronunciation === Noun, adjective IPA(key): /ˈd(j)uː.plɪ.kət/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʉwplɪkət/ Verb IPA(key): /ˈd(j)uː.plɪˌkeɪt/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʉwplɪkɛjt/ === Adjective === duplicate (not comparable) Being the same as another; identical, often having been copied from an original. This is a duplicate entry. (games) In which the hands of cards, tiles, etc. are preserved between rounds to be played again by other players. duplicate whist duplicate Scrabble ==== Translations ==== === Verb === duplicate (third-person singular simple present duplicates, present participle duplicating, simple past and past participle duplicated) (transitive) To make a copy of. (transitive) To do repeatedly; to do again. (transitive) To produce something equal to. ==== Synonyms ==== (to make a copy of): double; see also Thesaurus:duplicate ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== repeat === Noun === duplicate (countable and uncountable, plural duplicates) One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy. This is a duplicate, but a very good replica. July 20, 1678, William Temple, letter to the Lord Treasurer I send a duplicate both of it and my last dispatch. (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 A pawnbroker's ticket, which must be shown when redeeming a pledged item. Synonym: (archaic slang) tombstone (uncountable) The game of duplicate bridge. (uncountable) The game of duplicate Scrabble. (botany, zoology) A biological specimen that was gathered alongside another specimen and represents the same species. ==== Synonyms ==== reproduction ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === === References === “duplicate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== duplicate inflection of duplicare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== duplicate f pl feminine plural of duplicato == Latin == === Verb === duplicāte second-person plural present active imperative of duplicō == Spanish == === Verb === duplicate second-person singular voseo imperative of duplicar combined with te