Definitions for duplicate

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duplicate du·pli·cate

Spelling: [noun, adjective doo-pli-kit, dyoo-; verb

IPA: /noun, adjective ˈdu plɪ kɪt, ˈdyu-; verb ˈdu plɪˌkeɪt, ˈdyu-/

Duplicate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 572 anagrams from letters in duplicate (acdeilptu).

Definitions for duplicate

noun

1. a copy exactly like an original.
2. anything corresponding in all respects to something else.
3. Cards. a duplicate game.

Idioms

1. in duplicate, in two copies, especially two identical copies:

adjective

1. exactly like or corresponding to something else:
2. consisting of or existing in two identical or corresponding parts; double.
3. Cards. noting a game in which each team plays a series of identical hands, the winner being the team making the best total score.

verb (used with object)

1. to make an exact copy of.
2. to do or perform again; repeat:
3. to double; make twofold.

verb (used without object)

1. to become duplicate.

Origin of duplicate

1400-50; late Middle English Latin duplicātus (past participle of duplicāre to make double), equivalent to duplic- (stem of duplex) duplex + -ātus Examples for duplicate

He and Jenkins had duplicate keys to the desks, letter-box, etc.

Wayne has infused the whole operation with a spirit of joy and dedication that is stealth seasoning no one can duplicate.

He lost the bet on the twenty-eighth question, when a duplicate birthday turned up.

It might have been the parlor of the White Springs Hotel in duplicate, plush self-rocker and all.

Without a word he sat down also, in a duplicate of their pose.

Illegible handwriting and typos lead to errors and duplicate entries.

I want you to help me get them out, and not duplicate yours.

And it does seem true that Bitcoins are very hard to forge or duplicate.

If you pass the physical test, perhaps you can duplicate my record.

Son of God is trying to duplicate the grassroots strategy that paid off for Gibson.