Duplicate (Verb)
Meaning 1
Duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Examples
- The company will duplicate the mirror image on the other wall to create an optical illusion.
- Her identical twin somehow managed to duplicate the exact style every day.
- Their shadows on the ground seemed to duplicate their movements almost precisely.
- Using special effects, the filmmakers duplicate the mirror's reflection through the portal.
- The transparent glass of the pool duplicated the swimmers from below.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Make a duplicate or duplicates of; "Could you please duplicate this letter for me?".
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
Examples
- Could you please duplicate this letter for me.
- The office administrator will duplicate the reports and hand them out during the meeting.
- Can you duplicate the proposal so I can send it to all the team members.
- Please duplicate this receipt so we can file one for our records and give the other to accounting.
- Her assistant was instructed to duplicate the documents for the investors.
Related Words
Meaning 3
Increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The company's profits managed to duplicate in just a year despite the challenging market conditions.
- In five years, the student enrollment has managed to duplicate due to the introduction of new courses.
- Her efforts paid off as the turnout for the event managed to duplicate compared to the previous year.
- Within two years, the firm's total sales figure successfully managed to duplicate and exceeded expectations.
- Their revenue has nearly started to duplicate with the acquisition of the new brand.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Meaning 4
Make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick".
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
Examples
- She tried to duplicate the results of the study by following the same methodology and testing procedures.
- The research team failed to duplicate the groundbreaking findings of their predecessors in the field of quantum physics.
- Unfortunately, he couldn't duplicate his winning performance from the previous year's tennis tournament.
- The company struggled to duplicate the success of their first product in subsequent releases.
- After watching the magician's performance, I was unable to duplicate the intricate card trick at home.