duplicate

Examples

• All

• Additionally, the set structure does not allow duplicate event messages to be added.

  Academic text (1992)

• Visually, flavor wise, it's almost a duplicate of our lamb dish.

• Lay one card at a time unless you have a duplicate of a card.

• So of course we first remove the duplicate points.

• And then all we do is set up a duplicate account.

  Spider's Web (2002)

• The duplicate will look and think just like you.

  The Santa Clause 2 (2002)

• These allow us to make an exact duplicate of a hard drive or SSD on another drive.

  ExplainingComputers

• Thus, the manufacturing department receives an exact duplicate of the designer's model without any gaps.

  Academic text (1994)

• The agreement sought to eliminate duplicate efforts by determining geographic distribution as well as market share.

  Academic text (1999)

• Here's the duplicate of the order I sent by teletype three days ago.

  This Island Earth (1955)

Synonyms

C

copy

vsduplicate

∞ 1.0

A paper or file that is the same as the original

is the specific word for an identical thing rather than this general term

T

twin

vsduplicate

106 1.2

An object that is an exact copy of another

is the single identical item rather than a naturally paired counterpart

R

replica

vsduplicate

82 3.6

A close copy of something real, often a famous object or work of art

is the neutral term for an identical thing across all contexts

C

clone

vsduplicate

33 5.5

A product made to look like a well-known brand without permission

is the neutral identical thing without implying lack of permission

R

reproduction

vsduplicate

9 4.4

A copy of an original work or object that looks like the real thing

is strictly an identical thing rather than just resembling the original

R

replication

vsduplicate

6 4.0

A copy of something made to look exactly like the original

is the singular identical object itself rather than the making process

C

carbon copy

vsduplicate

• Archaic

4 3.0

A copy of a paper made at the same time as the original

is the neutral term for an identical thing not limited to one copying method

R

replicant

vsduplicate

1 9.1

An exact copy of an object or person

is the general name for an identical thing not emphasizing how it was made

Antonyms

O

original

∞ 2.8

Not a copy and existing as the first form

How Identical

original

194 3.5

duplicate

55 3.2

replica

82 3.6

variant

1 5.3

Surface Forms

Etymology