duplicate

🇺🇸 /ˈduːplɪkeɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈdjuːplɪkeɪt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000
verb
R

to make an exact copy of something

Please duplicate this document so we both have a copy.

R

to do something again, especially when it is unnecessary

Don't duplicate the work that has already been done.

adjective
R

exactly like something else; made as a copy of something else

This is a duplicate key for the same lock.

noun
R

one of two or more things that are the same in every detail; a copy of an original

I made a duplicate of the file just in case.

translation

v. to make an exact copy of something; to do something again, especially when it is unnecessary
adj. exactly like something else; made as a copy of something else
n. one of two or more things that are the same in every detail; a copy of an original

Word Forms

3rd Present duplicates
Progressive duplicating
Past duplicated
Perfect duplicated
Plural duplicates