Duplication Meaning
/djuː.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of duplicating.
nounA duplicate.
Sentence Examples
Edison invented a device for duplication.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of files caused the computer to run out of memory.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Edison invented a device for ____.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English duplicacioun, from Middle French duplication, from Late Latin duplicātiō, duplicātiōnem, from Latin duplicō. Morphologically duplicate + -ion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Another argument for closing Woodhead was simply one of route duplication, and this was the main reason put forward by BR at the time."
— 2021 July 14, Pip Dunn, “Woodhead 40 years on: time to let go”, in RAIL, number 935, page 39:
"Counting crimes as given in the index to the Penal Code, their number is nearly twice as great as that stated, but as some are only duplications I have reduced my estimate that it may be well within the limits of the fact."
— 1916 March, Edgar Montgomery Cullen, “The Decline of Personal Liberty in America”, in Asa W. Russell, editor, Case and Comment: The Lawyer’s Magazine, volume 22, number 10, Rochester, N.Y.: Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 820, column 1:
"Registration of trademarks had been revised and a unit had been set up to clear up duplications."
— 1949 January 17, “Essential Oil Association Told Trade Not Normal”, in Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter, volume 155, number 3, New York, N.Y., →OCLC, page 7, column 4:
"Duplications were made by carbon paper. If you had a pleading to be sent to three parties, you typed an original and four carbon copies, including an office copy."
— 2008, Dan E[lijah] Perry, “Twenty-seven Months in Blue Heaven”, in More Than I Deserve, [Chapel Hill, N.C.]: Chapel Hill Press, →ISBN, part I (Recollections and Memories), page 223:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of files caused the computer to run out of memory.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Edison invented a device for ____.