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Definition of replicate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    replicate

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//ˈrɛpləˌkeɪt//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they replicate
     
    he / she / it replicates
     
    past simple replicated
     
    -ing form replicating
     
     
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  1. 1[transitive] replicate something (formal) to copy something exactly synonym duplicate Subsequent experiments failed to replicate these findings.
  2. 2[transitive, intransitive] replicate (itself) (technology) (of a virus or a molecule) to produce exact copies of itself The drug prevents the virus from replicating itself.
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NAmE//ˌrɛpləˈkeɪʃn//
 
noun [uncountable, countable]See replicate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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