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du·pli·cate [ dpli kàyt ]

transitive verb (past and past participle du·pli·cat·ed, present participle du·pli·cat·ing, 3rd person present singular du·pli·cates)

Definition:

1. copy something: to make an identical version of something one or more times

2. repeat something: to do something more than once, especially unknowingly or unnecessarily

noun (plural du·pli·cates)

Definition:

1. copy made: an exact copy, especially of a document

2. another of same: a spare of the same kind

3. repeated action: a repeat of an earlier action or achievement

adjective

Definition:

1. copied exactly: being an exact copy of something

a duplicate key

2. having two corresponding parts: consisting of or existing in two corresponding parts

[15th century. < Latin duplicat-, past participle of duplicare "make twofold, double" < duplus "twofold"]

du·pli·ca·ble [ dplikəb'l ] adjective

du·pli·cate·ly [ dplikətlee ] adverb

du·pli·ca·tive adjective

in duplicate so as to create or consist of two exact copies

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