duplicate

duplicate
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. facsimile, duplication, double, reproduction, replica, copy, reduplication; iteration, repetition; renewal; counterpart; gemination, twin. —adj. double[d], bifold, biform, bilateral, two-fold, two-sided, duplex; double-faced; twin, ingeminate; second. —v. [re]double, reduplicate, geminate, copy, repeat.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. double, second, mate, match, twin, copy, facsimile, replica, reproduction, photocopy, carbon, carbon copy, ditto, likeness, counterpart, counterfeit, analogue, second edition, parallel, correlate, repetition, duplication, recurrence, Xerox (trademark), look-alike, chip off the old block*, ringer*, dead ringer*, clone*; see also copy , imitation 2 , reproduction 2 .
Ant. original*, pattern, prototype.
• in duplicate,
Syn. duplicated, doubled, copied; see reproduced .
See Synonym Study at copy . v.
1. [To copy]
Syn. reproduce, counterfeit, make a replica of; see copy 2 .
2. [To double]
Syn. make twofold, multiply, make twice as much; see increase 1 .
3. [To repeat]
Syn. redo, remake, replicate, equal; see repeat 1 , reproduce 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
copy, reproduction, carbon copy, match, counterpart, mate, mirror image, facsimile, clone, twin, dead ringer.
ANT.: original
II
v.
copy, reproduce, replicate, clone, *run off, match, double, counterfeit, parallel, ditto.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective Composed of two parts or things: biform, binary, double, dual, duple, duplex, geminate, twofold. See PART. II noun 1. Something closely resembling another: carbon copy, copy, facsimile, image, likeness, reduplication, plication, replica, replication, reproduction, simulacrum. Archaic: simulacre. Law: counterpart. See SAME. 2. One exactly resembling another: double, image, picture, portrait, spitting image. Slang: ringer. See SAME. 3. One of a matched pair of things: companion, counterpart, double, fellow, match, mate, twin. See SAME. III verb 1. To make a copy of: copy, imitate, replicate, reproduce, simulate. See SAME. 2. To make or become twice as great: double, geminate, redouble, twin. See BIG, INCREASE. 3. To do or perform (an act) again: redo, repeat. See REPETITION.

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