duplicate
verb/ˈdjuːplɪkeɪt/
/ˈduːplɪkeɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they duplicate | /ˈdjuːplɪkeɪt/ /ˈduːplɪkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it duplicates | /ˈdjuːplɪkeɪts/ /ˈduːplɪkeɪts/ |
| past simple duplicated | /ˈdjuːplɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈduːplɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle duplicated | /ˈdjuːplɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈduːplɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form duplicating | /ˈdjuːplɪkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈduːplɪkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- [often passive] duplicate something to make an exact copy of something
- Please keep the duplicated form and send us the original.
- This is a natural look which you can easily duplicate at home.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- exactly
- simply
- easily
- …
- duplicate something to do something again, especially when it is unnecessary
- There's no point in duplicating work already done.
- The original experiment cannot be exactly duplicated.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- exactly
- simply
- easily
- …
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Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘having two corresponding parts’): from Latin duplicat- ‘doubled’, from the verb duplicare, from duplic- ‘twofold’, from duo ‘two’ + plicare ‘to fold’.
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