Reduplicate (Verb)
Meaning 1
Form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word".
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
Examples
- The term "mama" is formed by reduplicating the "ma" sound commonly associated with parental figures.
- Certain linguistic patterns require the verb to reduplicate when conveying a sense of repetition or frequency.
- The prefix is reduplicated to signify intensity or emphasis on the action being described.
- Some languages allow the consonant sound to reduplicate following a short vowel sound for emphasis or rhythmic effect.
- Onomatopoeic words often reduplicate consonant or vowel sounds to mimic the sounds they are attempting to describe.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
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
- The magician couldn't reduplicate the extraordinary illusion he had perfected in his mind.
- Scientists have been trying to reduplicate the experiment in a controlled environment.
- She failed to reduplicate the record-breaking jump that had won her a gold medal.
- Researchers struggled to reduplicate the ancient process of manufacturing a rare pigment.
- Musicians spent months trying to reduplicate the harmony and rhythm they had captured in their initial recording session.