Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To make a copy of.

    If we duplicate the information, are we really accomplishing much?

    Can you duplicate this kind of key?

    vervielfältigen, kopieren, duplizieren

    де́лать дублика́тdélatʹ dublikát, де́лать ко́пиюdélatʹ kópiju, размножа́тьrazmnožátʹ

    make or do or perform again

  2. (transitive)To do repeatedly; to do again.

    You don't need to duplicate my efforts.

    wiederholen, nachmachen, kopieren

  3. (transitive)To produce something equal to.

    He found it hard to duplicate the skills of his wife.

    entsprechen, etwas entgegenhalten

Examples

45 sentences
  1. Tom had a duplicate key made.

    deTom hat sich einen Zweitschlüssel anfertigen lassen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I had a duplicate key made.

  3. I haven't yet deleted all the duplicate photos.

  4. He had a duplicate key made from that one.

  5. I need to go get a duplicate key made.

    deIch muss mir einen Zweitschlüssel machen lassen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to make a copy of:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to make a copy of:
to do repeatedly; to do again:
to produce something equal to:

Forms

duplicates, duplicating, duplicated, duplicated
Base formduplicate · to duplicate
3rd person singularduplicates
Present participleduplicating
Past simpleduplicated
Past participleduplicated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyduplicate
he, she, itduplicates

Past simpleLesson

all personsduplicated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave duplicated
he, she, ithas duplicated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill duplicate

Synonyms

9 synonyms
to make a copy of:doubleB2
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • a duplicate key
  • duplicate key made
  • duplicate key

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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