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Definition of replica noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

replica

noun
 
/ˈreplɪkə/
 
/ˈreplɪkə/
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  1. a very good or exact copy of something
    • There is even a scaled-down replica of the Eiffel Tower there.
    • The weapon used in the raid was a replica.
    • replica guns
    • (figurative) Amy was a younger replica of her mother.
    Extra Examples
    • She made a scale replica of Captain Cook's ship.
    • The original conservatory has been rebuilt in replica.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • exact
    • accurate
    • perfect
    verb + replica
    • build
    • construct
    • create
    preposition
    • in replica
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    Word Originmid 18th cent. (as a musical term in the sense ‘a repeat’): from Italian, from replicare ‘to reply’.
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