Duplicate (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a copy exactly like an original.
  2. anything corresponding in all respects to something else.
  3. a duplicate game.
verb (used with object), du·pli·cat·ed, du·pli·cat·ing.
  1. to make an exact copy of.
  2. to do or perform again; repeat: He duplicated his father's way of standing with his hands in his pockets.
  3. to double; make twofold.
verb (used without object), du·pli·cat·ed, du·pli·cat·ing.
  1. to become duplicate.
adjective
  1. exactly like or corresponding to something else: duplicate copies of a letter.
  2. consisting of or existing in two identical or corresponding parts; double.
  3. noting a game in which each team plays a series of identical hands, the winner being the team making the best total score.
Idioms
  1. in two copies, especially two identical copies: Please type the letter in duplicate.
adjective (ˈdjuːplɪkɪt)
  1. copied exactly from an original
  2. identical
  3. existing as a pair or in pairs; twofold
noun (ˈdjuːplɪkɪt)
  1. an exact copy; double
  2. something additional or supplementary of the same kind
  3. two exact copies (esp in the phrase in duplicate)
verb (ˈdjuːplɪˌkeɪt)
  1. to make a replica of
  2. to do or make again
  3. to make in a pair; make double
  4. to reproduce by dividing into two identical parts
Duplicate (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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