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duplicate

verb/du.pli.ˈkaɾ/medium

du·pli·car

Definitions

1To make twice as great; to multiply by two.
The company aims to duplicate its production next year.
He duplicated the initial investment.
Common collocations
duplicate productionduplicate effortduplicate value
2To reproduce or make an identical copy of something.
I'm going to duplicate the apartment key.
It is necessary to duplicate the document for filing.
Common collocations
duplicate a keyduplicate a documentduplicate a file

Etymology

Do latim 'duplicare'.

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