duplicate


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
duplicate
adjective /ˈdjuːplɪkət/ 
  • 1 exactly like something else, especially through having been copied.
  • 2 having two corresponding parts.
noun /ˈdjuːplɪkət/ one of two or more identical things. verb /ˈdjuːplɪkeɪt/ make or be an exact copy of.

■ multiply by two.

■ do again unnecessarily.

– derivatives
duplicable adjective,
duplication noun.
– origin ME: from L. duplicat-, duplicare ‘double’, from duplic- (see duplex).
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