duplicate
/ˈdjuː.plɪ.kət/ · noun
Meaning
- 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.
- To make a copy of.
- To do repeatedly; to do again.
- To produce something equal to.
- Being the same as another; identical.
- (games) In which the hands of cards, tiles, etc. are preserved between rounds to be played again by other players.
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