Duplicate
verb
To make an exact copy of something, again.
I will duplicate the report and give everyone a copy.
Often appears as...
- duplicate a file
- duplicated documents
noun
An exact copy of something.
The detective found a duplicate of the stolen painting.
Often appears as...
- duplicate of a letter
- a duplicate key
adjective
Being the same or identical to something else.
They found duplicate entries in the database and had to remove them.
Often appears as...
- duplicate record
- duplicate payment
verb
To repeat something unnecessarily.
The new system just duplicates effort and wastes time.
Often appears as...
- duplicated work
- duplicates effort
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To make an exact copy of something, again.
I will duplicate the report and give everyone a copy.
Often appears as...
- duplicate a file
- duplicated documents
noun
An exact copy of something.
The detective found a duplicate of the stolen painting.
Often appears as...
- duplicate of a letter
- a duplicate key
adjective
Being the same or identical to something else.
They found duplicate entries in the database and had to remove them.
Often appears as...
- duplicate record
- duplicate payment
verb
To repeat something unnecessarily.
The new system just duplicates effort and wastes time.
Often appears as...
- duplicated work
- duplicates effort
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Technology Usage
Often used to describe actions with computers, like creating files or documents.
Can you duplicate the database for the backup server?
Pro Tip 2/3Precision Required
Stresses the need for an exact, precise copy, with no deviations.
Please duplicate the layout exactly as it is.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Redundancy
Consider if duplication is necessary to avoid wasting resources on exact copies.
Do we need to duplicate the files if they're already backed up?
Pro Tip 1/3Technology Usage
Often used to describe actions with computers, like creating files or documents.
Can you duplicate the database for the backup server?
Pro Tip 2/3Precision Required
Stresses the need for an exact, precise copy, with no deviations.
Please duplicate the layout exactly as it is.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Redundancy
Consider if duplication is necessary to avoid wasting resources on exact copies.
Do we need to duplicate the files if they're already backed up?
Pro Tip 1/3Technology Usage
Often used to describe actions with computers, like creating files or documents.
Can you duplicate the database for the backup server?
Pro Tip 2/3Precision Required
Stresses the need for an exact, precise copy, with no deviations.
Please duplicate the layout exactly as it is.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Redundancy
Consider if duplication is necessary to avoid wasting resources on exact copies.
Do we need to duplicate the files if they're already backed up?
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Paul Bloom: The origins...
A particularly dramatic example of this comes from a neurological disorder known as Capgras syndrome. So Capgras syndrome is a disorder where you get a specific delusion. Sufferers of Capgras syndrome believe that the people they love most in the world have been replaced by perfect duplicates.
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Where do genes come...
They may cause a gene to make its protein in a different organ, or at a different time of life, or the protein may start doing a different job altogether. In snakes, for example, there's a gene that makes a protein for killing bacteria. Long ago, the gene duplicated and the new copy mutated.
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3 ways to make better...
Does it still function? Is it a duplicate of something that I already own? And when was the last time I wore it or used it?" But there's another group of experts who perhaps thought even harder about this problem, and they would say one of these questions is more important than the others.
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The Art of Shaping a...
creating something even more beautiful than what existed prior to that engagement the relationship and the bond that forms in that creative process and walking the line of life and death is something that is I don't know if you could duplicate and then to see the tree
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How to biohack your...
To duplicate it. To pass it on. The thing is, you're rubbish at copying your own code. Every time it's copied, errors crop up. Not good when an error makes a robot worse at surviving, but sometimes a mistake helps them survive and they pass that glitch in the code on-
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Shimon Schocken: The...
We believe that teachers should be empowered, not replaced. Moving along, what about the area of a triangle? So after some guided trial and error, the child will discover, with or without help, that he or she can duplicate the original figure
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What Bruce Lee can teach...
Don't go out and find a successful personality and duplicate it, but rather start from the very root of your being, which is 'How can I be me?'" Many of us have done some soul-searching or at least some incessant thinking and worrying
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Sir David Attenborough...
when i look forward i believe that if what we are doing can be duplicated just a little bit these animals will have a chance of surviving it comes down i think to us each taking responsibility
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David Attenborough's...
when i look forward i believe that if what we are doing can be duplicated just a little bit these animals will have a chance of surviving it comes down i think to us each taking responsibility
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Why are cockroaches so...
But they’ll rarely suffer any consequences. This is because they’re equipped with genes that provide immunity against numerous pathogens. These genes are often duplicated many times over.
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Paul Bloom: The origins...
A particularly dramatic example of this comes from a neurological disorder known as Capgras syndrome. So Capgras syndrome is a disorder where you get a specific delusion. Sufferers of Capgras syndrome believe that the people they love most in the world have been replaced by perfect duplicates.
Video examples
Where do genes come...
They may cause a gene to make its protein in a different organ, or at a different time of life, or the protein may start doing a different job altogether. In snakes, for example, there's a gene that makes a protein for killing bacteria. Long ago, the gene duplicated and the new copy mutated.
Video examples
3 ways to make better...
Does it still function? Is it a duplicate of something that I already own? And when was the last time I wore it or used it?" But there's another group of experts who perhaps thought even harder about this problem, and they would say one of these questions is more important than the others.
Video examples
The Art of Shaping a...
creating something even more beautiful than what existed prior to that engagement the relationship and the bond that forms in that creative process and walking the line of life and death is something that is I don't know if you could duplicate and then to see the tree
Video examples
How to biohack your...
To duplicate it. To pass it on. The thing is, you're rubbish at copying your own code. Every time it's copied, errors crop up. Not good when an error makes a robot worse at surviving, but sometimes a mistake helps them survive and they pass that glitch in the code on-
Video examples
Shimon Schocken: The...
We believe that teachers should be empowered, not replaced. Moving along, what about the area of a triangle? So after some guided trial and error, the child will discover, with or without help, that he or she can duplicate the original figure
Video examples
What Bruce Lee can teach...
Don't go out and find a successful personality and duplicate it, but rather start from the very root of your being, which is 'How can I be me?'" Many of us have done some soul-searching or at least some incessant thinking and worrying
Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
when i look forward i believe that if what we are doing can be duplicated just a little bit these animals will have a chance of surviving it comes down i think to us each taking responsibility
Video examples
David Attenborough's...
when i look forward i believe that if what we are doing can be duplicated just a little bit these animals will have a chance of surviving it comes down i think to us each taking responsibility
Video examples
Why are cockroaches so...
But they’ll rarely suffer any consequences. This is because they’re equipped with genes that provide immunity against numerous pathogens. These genes are often duplicated many times over.
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Quote examples
Gordon Hayward
American Basketball Player
There's nothing that can replace being on the court with your teammates. Just a feeling that can't be duplicated. But for me to have a distraction like video games where I can hang out with friends, still compete through that. I mean that's something I'm for sure thankful for, for sure helps me get away.
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Kerry Greenwood
Australian Author
There are only so many stories in the world... Duplication of plots is bound to happen because most writers have read very extensively in their genre and have become aware they are adding an extra layer to the meta-narrative, finding a new spin on the original.
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William Perry
American Athlete
We did it with passion; we didn't do it like everyone else. Teams nowadays are still trying to duplicate that, but no one has yet. We shuffled down and we did it. We did it in an unique fashion.
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Russell M. Nelson
American Clergyman
Married or single, you sisters possess distinctive capabilities and special intuition you have received as gifts from God. We brethren cannot duplicate your unique influence.
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Raymond E. Feist
American Author
Also, it's risky to try to duplicate earlier success. Magician had a certain charm to it, mostly due to my choice of lead characters, that I would be hard put to duplicate.
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Michael Rapino
American Businessman
Live is truly a unique entertainment form; it cannot be duplicated and creates lifetime memories that fans are craving more than ever in this experience economy.
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Lee Tamahori
New Zealander Director
Always be original. Never duplicate what you've seen another actor do. Be true to the character that you've been given, and the rest will come easy.
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Helen Rowland
American Writer
A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.
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Susan Sontag
American Author
The problems of this world are only truly solved in two ways: by extinction or duplication.
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Rajpal Yadav
Indian Actor
Dara Singhji's voice and personality can't be duplicated. He was one of his kind.
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Gordon Hayward
American Basketball Player
There's nothing that can replace being on the court with your teammates. Just a feeling that can't be duplicated. But for me to have a distraction like video games where I can hang out with friends, still compete through that. I mean that's something I'm for sure thankful for, for sure helps me get away.
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Kerry Greenwood
Australian Author
There are only so many stories in the world... Duplication of plots is bound to happen because most writers have read very extensively in their genre and have become aware they are adding an extra layer to the meta-narrative, finding a new spin on the original.
Quote examples
William Perry
American Athlete
We did it with passion; we didn't do it like everyone else. Teams nowadays are still trying to duplicate that, but no one has yet. We shuffled down and we did it. We did it in an unique fashion.
Quote examples
Russell M. Nelson
American Clergyman
Married or single, you sisters possess distinctive capabilities and special intuition you have received as gifts from God. We brethren cannot duplicate your unique influence.
Quote examples
Raymond E. Feist
American Author
Also, it's risky to try to duplicate earlier success. Magician had a certain charm to it, mostly due to my choice of lead characters, that I would be hard put to duplicate.
Quote examples
Michael Rapino
American Businessman
Live is truly a unique entertainment form; it cannot be duplicated and creates lifetime memories that fans are craving more than ever in this experience economy.
Quote examples
Lee Tamahori
New Zealander Director
Always be original. Never duplicate what you've seen another actor do. Be true to the character that you've been given, and the rest will come easy.
Quote examples
Helen Rowland
American Writer
A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.
Quote examples
Susan Sontag
American Author
The problems of this world are only truly solved in two ways: by extinction or duplication.
Quote examples
Rajpal Yadav
Indian Actor
Dara Singhji's voice and personality can't be duplicated. He was one of his kind.
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