Meaning

5 senses
  1. A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.

    This new species is a clone of the mimosa plant.

    Klon

    клонklon

    a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction

  2. A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.

    Klone

  3. A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.

    The computer manufacturer produced IBM PC clones in the 1990s.

    Klon

    клонklon, ко́пияkópija

    an unauthorized copy or imitation

  4. (informal)A person who is exactly like or very similar to another person, in terms of looks or behavior.

    a person who is almost identical to another

  5. (slang)A Castro clone.

Examples

65 sentences
  1. What do you know about cloning?

    ruЧто ты знаешь о клонировании?

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  2. I'd rather not eat the meat from an animal that was cloned.

    ruЯ бы не хотел есть мясо клонированного животного.

    deIch würde lieber kein Fleisch von einem geklonten Tier essen.

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  3. I'm not a clone.

    ruЯ не клон.

    deIch bin kein Klon.

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  4. The animal was cloned.

    Тварину було клоновано.

    ruЖивотное было клонировано.

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  5. Clones don't have feelings.

    У клонів немає почуттів.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
living organism (originally a plant):
copy of something already existing:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
living organism (originally a plant):
group of identical cells derived from a single cell:

Origin

Coined (in botany) in 1903, based on Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”). Figurative use fro

Coined (in botany) in 1903, based on Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”). Figurative use from the 1970s.

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Forms

plural: clones
Singularclone
Pluralclones

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction:clon
  • an unauthorized copy or imitation:knockoff
  • a person who is almost identical to another:ringerdead ringer

Word family

32 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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