Duplicate - English meaning

noun

A thing made to be similar or identical to another.

Usage examples:

The problem is telling which is the original document and which the copy

verb

Make a similar or identical version of; reproduce.

Usage examples:

Each form had to be copied and sent to a different department

verb

To produce something that is exactly like another thing, or to do something meant to be like someone or something else

Usage examples:

The design was copied from a 19th-century wallpaper., he copied the file onto a diskette., she writ…

adjective

Analogous or equivalent in character, form, or function; comparable.

Usage examples:

The corresponding jamaican word is ‘bada’

verb

Have a close similarity; match or agree almost exactly.

Usage examples:

The carved heads described in the poem correspond to a drawing of edgcote house

adjective

Similar to, connected with, or caused by something else

Usage examples:

Company losses were 50 percent worse than in the corresponding period last year., as the course bec…

adjective

Linked or connected in a pair or pairs.

Usage examples:

Coupled images

verb

Link or combine (something) with something else.

Usage examples:

A sense of hope is coupled with a palpable sense of loss

verb

Past simple and past participle of couple

Usage examples:

The sleeping car and restaurant car were coupled together., high inflation coupled with low output …

adjective

Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.

Usage examples:

One unit is equivalent to one glass of wine

noun

A person or thing that is equal to or corresponds with another in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.

Usage examples:

The french equivalent of the bank of england

adjective

Equal to or having the same effect as something else

Usage examples:

A mile is equivalent to about 1.6 kilometers., a day on the planet mercury is the equivalent of 176…

adjective

Similar in every detail; exactly alike.

Usage examples:

Four girls in identical green outfits

adjective

Exactly the same, or very similar

Usage examples:

The test is identical to the one you took last year., the two sisters dressed identically.

adjective

Put together as being equal, similar, or complementary to each other.

Usage examples:

A matched pair

verb

Correspond or cause to correspond in some essential respect; make or be harmonious.

Usage examples:

I thought we'd have primrose walls to match the bath

suffix

Similar and suitable for each other/different and not suitable for each other

Usage examples:

An ill-matched couple

adjective

Corresponding in pattern, colour, or design; complementary.

Usage examples:

A blue jacket and matching skirt

verb

Correspond or cause to correspond in some essential respect; make or be harmonious.

Usage examples:

I thought we'd have primrose walls to match the bath

noun

The act of giving or offering the same amount of money as has been given, collected, or offered by someone else

Usage examples:

Price matching is not our usual policy., the matching principle requires that expenses be matched w…

noun

A duplicating machine which produces copies from a stencil, now superseded by the photocopier.

Usage examples:

When e. joyce matheny produced church bulletins, she brought them to life the old-fashioned way: wi…

verb

Make a copy of (a document) with a mimeograph.

Usage examples:

A mimeographed letter

noun

A machine that produces copies of a document using a stencil (= a piece of plastic or metal into which shapes have been cut, through which ink is forced)

Usage examples:

If we needed to copy a document, we usually used a mimeograph or carbon paper., what happened to th…

adjective

Occurring in pairs or as a pair.

Usage examples:

A characteristic arrangement of paired fins

verb

Put together or join to form a pair.

Usage examples:

She wore a cardigan paired with a matching skirt

noun

Two things of the same appearance and size that are intended to be used together, or something that consists of two parts joined together

Usage examples:

A pair of gloves/shoes, a pair of pants/scissors, each package contains three pairs of socks., [ t …

noun

A photographic copy of printed or written material produced by a process involving the action of light on a specially prepared surface.

Usage examples:

The library provided 6,866 photographs and 51,211 photocopies of the material to its readers.

verb

Make a photocopy of.

Usage examples:

You can photocopy the entry form

noun

A copy of a document made on a photocopier

noun

A type of machine for making photocopies on special paper.

Usage examples:

What appeared to be the ink drum of a broken photostat machine rolled across the floor and glass cr…

verb

Copy (a document) with a photostat.

Usage examples:

He refused to let me photostat the book

noun

A machine used especially in the past to make photographic copies of documents, or a copy made by such a machine

Usage examples:

We like to photostat any useful pieces and circulate them to all the interested groups., it took us…

verb

Say again something one has already said.

Usage examples:

‘are you hurt?’ he repeated

noun

Something that occurs or is done again.

Usage examples:

The final will be a repeat of last year

verb

To say, tell, or do something again

Usage examples:

She repeated the question., listen to the tape and repeat each word., we’re hoping to avoid a repea…

verb

Make an exact copy of; reproduce.

Usage examples:

It might be impractical to replicate eastern culture in the west

adjective

Of the nature of a copy.

Usage examples:

A replicate earth

noun

A close or exact copy; a replica.

Usage examples:

Young reptiles should not be considered merely small replicates of adults

verb

Print again or in a different form.

Usage examples:

His book was reprinted several times after his death

noun

An act of printing more copies of a work.

Usage examples:

The publishers had nearly sold out of the initial run of copies and ordered a reprint

verb

To print a book again

Usage examples:

The first edition sold out, so it is being reprinted.

verb

Produce a copy of.

Usage examples:

His works are reproduced on postcards and posters

noun

One of two children or animals born at the same birth.

Usage examples:

Experiments were carried out using sets of identical twins

adjective

Forming, or being one of, a pair born at one birth.

Usage examples:

She gave birth to twin boys

verb

Link (a town or district) with another in a different country or cause (two towns or districts) to be linked, for the purposes of friendship and cultural exchange.

Usage examples:

The russian city of kostroma is twinned with durham

adjective

Twice as great or as numerous.

Usage examples:

A twofold increase in the risk

adverb

So as to double; to twice the number or amount.

Usage examples:

Use increased more than twofold from 1979 to 1989

adjective

Twice as big or as much

Usage examples:

A twofold increase in the price of natural gas, the problem is twofold., the sport saw its populari…

noun

A xerographic copying process.

Usage examples:

Printing methods include acrylic printing and colour xerox

verb

Copy (a document) by the xerox process.

Usage examples:

I shall have the typescript xeroxed today

noun

A copy of a document or other piece of paper with writing or printing on it made by a machine that uses a process similar to that for making photographs

Usage examples:

I can give you a xerox of the letter if you like., would you xerox six copies of the report, please?