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to clone

to clone

58 4.5
To make an exact copy of a living thing using science
  • verb
  • /kloʊn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : clonar
  • If you can clone a sheep, you can clone a human being.
  • clone humans
  • clone a human being
  • clone a Neanderthal

And it's through their attempts to clone life.

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Examples

  • Do you think they're trying to develop a way to clone themselves?

  • This is actually incredible and I can't believe that you're allowed to clone your dog.

  • What changes would there be in the law if we did clone whole individuals?

    Academic text (1998)
  • Can you clone a living organism from the hair of a dead man?

  • If enough DNA fragments were recovered, it might be possible to clone a living animal.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The best way to clone Neanderthals may be to create stem cells that have their DNA.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Now the National Institutes of Health has funded two projects to clone rhesus monkeys.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Mark Rothstein: Many of the objections to the prospect of cloning humans are due to scientific uncertainty.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The objective of the present study was to clone the anthracnose resistance gene in cucumber lines Gy14 and WI 2757.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Scientists are now able to clone certain animals for research purposes.

Synonyms

to copy
vsto clone
328 1.0

Make the same words or pictures as the original

is specialized toward identical biological or technological copying using biotech methods
to recreate
vsto clone
102 4.5

To make a thing again so it looks like the original

aims for truly identical results, not just a recreated imitation
to multiply
vsto clone
75 3.2

To increase in number quickly by making more of something

focuses on creating one identical item using biotechnology rather than population increase
to replicate
vsto clone
  • Specialized
66 4.9

To make an exact copy of something, often in a lab

is about making identical results specifically using biotechnology on organisms or objects
to reproduce
vsto clone
41 4.0

To make a copy of something that looks like the original

is narrower, focusing on identical biotechnical copying rather than general likeness
to dup
vsto clone
  • Informal
1 8.6

To make a copy of a file or recording

is more formal and centers on identical biological or object copying via biotechnology

How Exact

to clone
  • Specialized
58 4.5
to replicate
  • Specialized
66 4.9
to duplicate
84 3.5
to imitate
186 2.7

Surface Forms

clone infinitive
cloned past
cloned past participle
cloning present participle
clones third person singular

Etymology

Clone comes from the old Greek word klon meaning 'twig', because gardeners could grow a new plant from one cutting; to clone something today is to make an identical copy of it, just like making a new plant from a single twig.