duplicate
pronunciation
How to pronounce duplicate in British English:
UK [ˈdjuːplɪkeɪt , ˈdjuːplɪkət]
How to pronounce duplicate in American English:
US [ˈduːplɪkeɪt , ˈduːplɪkət]
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- Noun:
- something additional of the same kind
- a copy that corresponds to an original exactly
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- Verb:
- make or do or perform again
- duplicate or match
- make a duplicate or duplicates of
- increase twofold
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- Adjective:
- identically copied from an original
- being two identical
Word Origin
- duplicate
- duplicate: [15] Like its close relative double, duplicate comes ultimately from Latin duplus ‘two-fold’, a compound adjective based on Latin duo ‘two’ and an Indo-European element *plwhich denoted ‘folding’ (it is present also in English fold and ply). English acquired this in the 16th century, and its synonym duplex (based on the extended stem *plic-) in the 19th century. In Latin, duplus formed the basis of a verb duplicāre ‘make twofold, double’, from whose past participle English gets duplicate, while duplex has given us duplicity [15].=> double, duplicity, fold, ply, two
- duplicate (adj.)
- mid-15c., "having two parts, double," from Latin duplicatus, past participle of duplicare "to double," from duo "two" (see two) + plicare "to fold" see ply (v.1)). Meaning "exactly corresponding, that is an exact copy of" is from 1812.
- duplicate (v.)
- 1620s, "to double," from Latin duplicatus, past participle of duplicare (see duplicate (adj.)). Meaning "make an exact copy" is from 1640s (implied in duplicated). Related: Duplicating. The noun is first recorded 1530s.
Example
- 1. That sheer convenience of multiple temptations is hard to duplicate elsewhere .
- 2. First , it is wasteful to duplicate the efforts of the imf .
- 3. Other emerging economies tried gamely to duplicate this success , to little avail .
- 4. They create an optical illusion that the mint hopes is almost impossible to duplicate .
- 5. In one demonstration , the team cut duplicate keys after analysing images taken on a mobile phone .