duplicate

To duplicate is defined as to make a copy.

(verb)

Making multiple copies of one form on a machine is an example of duplicate.

Duplicate is defined as to make something happen again.

(verb)

The scientist working to repeat a result in a lab is an example of duplicate.

A duplicate is defined as an exact copy of an original.

(noun)

The copy of an original will is an example of a duplicate.

The definition of duplicate is having double.

(adjective)

Two identical baseball cards in a stack are an example of a duplicate.

See duplicate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

double
having two similar parts
corresponding exactly
designating a way of playing bridge in which, for comparative scoring, the same hands are played off again by players who did not hold them originally

Origin: ME duplicaten < L duplicatus, pp. of duplicare, to double: see duplex

noun

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See duplicate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Identically copied from an original.
Existing or growing in two corresponding parts; double.
Denoting a manner of play in cards in which partnerships or teams play the same deals and compare scores at the end: duplicate bridge.

noun

An identical copy; a facsimile.
One that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original.
Games A card game in which partnerships or teams play the same deals and compare scores at the end.

verb (-kātˌ) du·pli·cat·ed, du·pli·cat·ing, du·pli·cates

verb, transitive