Library / English Dictionary

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:

Adjectives

Similar:

matched (going well together; possessing harmonizing qualities)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Identically copied from an original

Example:

a duplicate key

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

same (closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree)

 III. (verb) 

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:

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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:

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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

Credits

 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)