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- parts of speech:
- noun, verb, adjective
- phrases:
- in duplicate
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
du
pl
kiht
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| definition: |
something that is an exact copy of something else.
Make me a duplicate of that letter for our office records.- synonyms:
- facsimile
- similar words:
- copy, image, likeness, mimeograph, reproduction
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| related words: |
image, mate |
| phrase: |
in duplicate |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| pronunciation: |
du
pl
keIt
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| inflections: |
duplicates, duplicating, duplicated |
| definition 1: |
to copy exactly.
He duplicated the dancer's steps.- synonyms:
- copy, reproduce
- similar words:
- imitate
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| definition 2: |
to do again in the same way; repeat.
I'll bet you can't duplicate your first dive.- synonyms:
- repeat, reproduce
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| related words: |
pattern, trace |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| pronunciation: |
du
pl
kiht
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| definition: |
made exactly alike.
They wore duplicate shirts.- similar words:
- same
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| related words: |
twin |
| derivations: |
duplicative (adj.), duplication (n.) |
The word duplicate
contains the following parts:
plic, plex, ply
Latin
root
that means fold, plait
  Example words:
accomplice, applicant, apply, complex, complicate, display, duplicate, implication, imply, multiplication, multiply1
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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