Replica - 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

Consisting of two equal, identical, or similar parts or things.

Usage examples:

Double doors

predeterminer

Twice as much or as many.

Usage examples:

The jail now houses almost double the number of prisoners it was designed for

adverb

At or to twice the amount or extent.

Usage examples:

You have to be careful, and this counts double for older people

noun

A model or replica of a human being.

Usage examples:

A waxwork dummy

verb

(chiefly in rugby and soccer) feign a pass or kick in order to deceive an opponent.

Usage examples:

Blanco dummied past a static defence

noun

A large model of a human, especially one used to show clothes in a shop

Usage examples:

The dummies in the store windows, a ventriloquist's dummy, uk a shop dummy

verb

Deceive; trick.

Usage examples:

The newspaper was duped into publishing an untrue story

noun

A victim of deception.

Usage examples:

Men who were simply the dupes of their unscrupulous leaders

verb

Make a duplicate or copy of.

Usage examples:

How to dupe 35 mm slides on to 35 mm film

adjective

Exactly like something else, especially through having been copied.

Usage examples:

A duplicate set of keys

noun

One of two or more identical things.

Usage examples:

Books may be disposed of if they are duplicates

verb

Short for duplicate bridge.

noun

An exact copy, especially of written or printed material.

Usage examples:

A facsimile of the manuscript

verb

Make a copy of.

Usage examples:

The ride was facsimiled for another theme park

noun

An exact copy, esp. of a document

noun

A representation of the external form of a person or thing in art.

Usage examples:

Her work juxtaposed images from serious and popular art

verb

Make a representation of the external form of.

Usage examples:

Artworks which imaged women's bodies

noun

An idea, esp. a mental picture, of what something or someone is like

Usage examples:

I had an image of texas in my head that was totally different from how it really is., he’s trying t…

noun

The action of using someone or something as a model.

Usage examples:

A child learns to speak by imitation

noun

Something copied, or the act of copying

Usage examples:

Freya does a pretty good imitation of her science teacher., [ c ] imitation leather

adjective

Made to look like something else

Usage examples:

An imitation leather jacket, uk it's not real silk - it's just imitation.

idiom

Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

phrasal verb

Stop work.

Usage examples:

They usually knock off at 5pm

phrasal verb

Produce a piece of work quickly and without much effort.

Usage examples:

I could knock the article off in half an hour

noun

Someone or something very similar in physical appearance to someone or something else

Usage examples:

An elvis presley lookalike

noun

A three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale than the original.

Usage examples:

A model of st paul's cathedral

verb

A simplified description, especially a mathematical one, of a system or process, to assist calculations and predictions.

Usage examples:

A statistical model used for predicting the survival rates of endangered species

verb

A representation of something, often on a smaller scale

noun

A painting or drawing.

Usage examples:

Draw a picture of a tree

verb

Represent in a photograph or picture.

Usage examples:

He is pictured with party guests

noun

A representation of someone or something produced by drawing, painting, or photographing

Usage examples:

He drew/painted a picture of my dog., brian takes lots of pictures (= photographs)., it’s an old se…

noun

The action of copying or reproducing something.

Usage examples:

The extraordinary speed and replication of information created by computerization

noun

The act of making or doing something again in exactly the same way, or something that is made or done in this way

Usage examples:

Replication of these findings in other studies will be important., the second project was not desig…

noun

The action or process of copying something.

Usage examples:

The cost of colour reproduction in publication is high

noun

The act or process of producing new life

noun

A copy of something, especially a work of art or a piece of furniture

Usage examples:

The museum sells cheap reproductions of some of its key artefacts., allow plenty of time for the ph…

noun

A member of an akan-speaking people of ghana.

Usage examples:

Does anyone know of any other niger-congo languages up on that northerly coast that are like this, …

adjective

Another term for akan (the language).