something additional of the same kind; "he always carried extras in case of an emergency"
Used in a Sentence
duplicate
How to use duplicate in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for duplicate.
Editorial note
I wish I could downvote this as -1, duplicate.
Examples9
Definitions8
Parts of speech3
Quick take
something additional of the same kind; "he always carried extras in case of an emergency"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of duplicate gathered in one view.
a copy that corresponds to an original exactly; "he made a duplicate for the files"
make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for duplicate.
noun
something additional of the same kind; "he always carried extras in case of an emergency"
See also: extra
noun
a copy that corresponds to an original exactly; "he made a duplicate for the files"
See also: duplication
verb
make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"
See also: reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate
verb
duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"
verb
make a duplicate or duplicates of; "Could you please duplicate this letter for me?"
verb
increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years"
See also: double
adjective
identically copied from an original; "a duplicate key"
adjective
being two identical
Example sentences
I wish I could downvote this as -1, duplicate.
He wished he could downvote it as a duplicate, that is, that it hadn't happened again.
There's a little bit more going on with the expensive ones than just being a heap of plastic that you can duplicate at home, I think.
We had to facilitate them to set up a duplicate port to tap in to monitor that customers traffic.
So, for example, one has to duplicate code between multiple spreadsheets rather than being able to import it as one would expect.
The PDF menu already looks good, they already put a ton of time into it to get it exactly right, and they don't want to duplicate that effort.
> The problem in the research community is that scientists have little incentive to duplicate earlier work just to check if it’s correct.
It's so bad that it has become common behavior to copy/paste the report to openradar and then have other developers submit duplicate reports as a way to "upvote" a bug.
What if I want to "duplicate" a file but not save it anywhere, because I just want to mess around with changes for a while?I've been using Lion since it came out, and I don't really know the correct answers to any of those questions.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use duplicate in a sentence?
I wish I could downvote this as -1, duplicate.
What does duplicate mean?
something additional of the same kind; "he always carried extras in case of an emergency"
What part of speech is duplicate?
duplicate is commonly used as noun, verb, adjective.