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duplicate
/ˈdupləkət/
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What does duplicate mean?
adjective
- Being the same as another; identical, often having been copied from an original.
- In which the hands of cards, tiles, etc. are preserved between rounds to be played again by other players.
verb
- To make a copy of.
More meanings (8)
verb
- To do repeatedly; to do again.
- To produce something equal to.
noun
- One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.
- An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original
- A pawnbroker's ticket, which must be shown when redeeming a pledged item.
- The game of duplicate bridge.
- The game of duplicate Scrabble.
- A biological specimen that was gathered alongside another specimen and represents the same species.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdupləkət/
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“No. Used a duplicate key. To-day I heard there was a man here last night. I want to nose around a little.”
Hence, the spare boats, spare spars, and spare lines and harpoons, and spare everythings, almost, but a spare Captain and duplicate ship.
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Now, under one of the hour or duplicate numbers, mark a cross like X. No one but the marker knows the numbers.
Some of these duplicate companies built up a complete plant, and gave good local service, while others proved to be mere stock bubbles.
It was found to possess duplicate penises, which communicated each to its distinct half of the bladder as defined by a median fold.