duplicate
IPA: dˈupɫʌkʌt
noun
- One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.
- (law) An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original
- A pawnbroker's ticket, which must be shown when redeeming a pledged item.
- (uncountable) The game of duplicate bridge.
- (uncountable) The game of duplicate Scrabble.
- (botany, zoology) A biological specimen that was gathered alongside another specimen and represents the same species.
verb
- (transitive) To make a copy of.
- (transitive) To do repeatedly; to do again.
- (transitive) To produce something equal to.
adjective
- Being the same as another; identical, often having been copied from an original.
- (games) In which the hands of cards, tiles, etc. are preserved between rounds to be played again by other players.
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Examples of "duplicate" in Sentences
- Please find herewith a contract in duplicate for your next book which we have taken the liberty of forwarding to you.
- These shorthand notes, transcribed and typed in duplicate, were the nightmare and, on occasion, the Nemesis, of the managers and foremen.
- The same relation holds when comparing only hub duplicate pairs, which we defined as duplicate pairs where at least one paralog has a PPI degree ≥ 20.
- He wanted to make a copy and insert his own name on it, saying he had lost his original and was having trouble getting a duplicate from the government.
- The suit contends that names were cut from the rolls after the Colorado Republican Party provided the state with a list of what it called duplicate registrations.
- Last month it sought permission to destroy what it called duplicate loan files because the $45,000-a-month storage cost was an "unnecessary burden" on the company.
- Upon completion, he shall provide paperwork [printed from the NCIS system no doubt], in duplicate, to the buyer and seller indicating the identity of the gun and confirming the eligibility of the former.
- I swear, I figure out how to post and then I end up somehow sending things out in duplicate, all with misspelled words (yes, I know, I'm terrible here too, but I already say I'm an idiot in the title of this LJ.)
- Interestingly, if they had published a shared announcement they would have given an example of what many people think of when they hear the term duplicate content - the same copy / text / content on different websites.
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