duplex
pronunciation
How to pronounce duplex in British English:
UK [ˈdju:pleks]
How to pronounce duplex in American English:
US [ˈdupleks]
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- Noun:
- a house with two units sharing a common wall
- an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase
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- Adjective:
- (used technically of a device or process) having two parts
- allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously
Word Origin
- duplex (adj.)
- 1817, "composed of two parts," from Latin duplex, from duo "two" (see two) + -plex, from Greek plax (genitive plakos) "flat surface." The noun sense of "house for two families; two-story apartment" is American English, 1922.
Example
- 1. When you enter the duplex , you are immediately in the kitchen galley .
- 2. When the duplex was sold in october , it attracted worldwide attention for all the wrong reasons .
- 3. I like our duplex because I often read three books at a time and want them around .
- 4. I used to spend a lot of time with granny when we lived in cairo , next door to her and grandpa , in the duplex .
- 5. The asking price for william f. buckley 's park avenue duplex was just cut by more than half to $ 12 million .