duplicate
- 1) adjective, copied exactly from an original
- 2) adjective, identical
- 3) adjective, existing as a pair or in pairs; twofold
- 4) noun, an exact copy; double
- 5) noun, something additional or supplementary of the same kind
- 6) noun, two exact copies (esp in the phrase in duplicate)
- 7) verb, to make a replica of
- 8) verb, to do or make again
- 9) verb, to make in a pair; make double
- 10) verb, biology to reproduce by dividing into two identical parts
Etymology
C15: from Latin duplicāre to double, from duo two + plicāre to fold
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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copy, facsimile, photocopy, copy, reproduction, replica, Xerox (trademark), carbon copy, photostat (trademark), repeat, reproduce, echo, copy, clone, replicate, copy, photocopy, Xerox (trademark), photostat (trademark), identical, match, match, twin, correspond, twofold