Duplicate Meaning
/ˈd(j)uː.plɪ.kət/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjBeing the same as another; identical, often having been copied from an original.
adjIn which the hands of cards, tiles, etc. are preserved between rounds to be played again by other players.
Sentence Examples
May I borrow a duplicate key for Room 360?
I left a duplicate key to the room with my mother.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Please make a ____ copy of this key for my spare set.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
May I borrow a ____ key for Room 360?
Word Origin & History
PIE word *dwóh₁ Borrowed from Latin duplicātus, perfect passive participle of duplicō, see -ate.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
""Sir, I hope you will excuse what I am going to say; but having observed that you frequently pledge similar goods to these at our shop, which are afterwards taken out by other persons, I take for granted you are in the habit of selling the duplicates;[…]""
— 1819, James Hardy Vaux, Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux, Vol. II, Chapter VI, p. 207:
"The momentary madness which infects bridge players occurs frequently at rubber bridge and duplicate; and though it rarely results in murder, it often terminates marriages and close friendships[…]"
— 1999, Matthew Granovetter, Murder at the Bridge Table, page 6:
"Each collection, which may be a unicate or several specimens as duplicates in several herbaria, constitutes a record in the Conifer Database."
— 2013, Aljos Farjon, Denis Filer, An Atlas of the World's Conifers: An Analysis of their Distribution, Biogeography, Diversity and Conservation Status, Koninklijke Brill, →ISBN, page 3:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Please make a ____ copy of this key for my spare set.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
May I borrow a ____ key for Room 360?