replica
- noun
- /ˈrɛplɪkə/
- Well, it's a replica, obviously.
- an exact replica
- replica of the original
- create replicas
That cutting is an exact genetic replica of that tree.
- That cutting is an exact genetic replica of that tree.
- And what you see up there is almost an exact replica of what she made that night.
- In other words, we can actually build a synthetic brain that's a replica of the human brain.
- Now, evolution is this process by which living things make replicas of themselves.
- We didn't have the non firing replica.
- Like should it be illegal to torture a replica?
- We're going to exploring greater depth how we made the NDB Shield replica.
- I have exact replicas of my studio in my London, New York and Florida homes.
- In the end, I married a replica of my sister.
Examples
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Well, this blouse... it's a replica of one of her pieces.
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Then I saw that it was a smaller but almost perfect replica of the doll.
Fiction book (1997) -
What is that, a replica of the same car?
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This is a replica of the same gun that he used.
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And what you see up there is almost an exact replica of what she made that night.
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The digital issues are an exact replica of the printed edition.
Academic text (2011) -
Among the items in the capsule was a replica of a Roman coin.
Academic text (1997) -
Performers dance in front of a replica of the Pyramid of the Niches.
Academic text (1996) -
He builds at his villa an exact replica, an exact replica of this Greek round temple.
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On a shelf in the den is a small replica of the Lincoln Memorial.
Synonyms
An object that is an exact copy of another
The act of making an exact copy or the thing that is copied
A copy of an original work or object that looks like the real thing
A copy of something made to look exactly like the original
An exact copy of a document or work of art
An exact copy of an object or person
A copy of an original artwork or document for display
An exact copy of a picture, document, or printed item
A person or thing that looks almost the same as another
Antonyms
How Exact
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word replica comes from the Latin verb replicare, which means 'to repeat'. It is like the English words replicate and reply, so a replica is something that is 'repeated' — a close copy of the original.