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Being the same as another; identical, often having been copied from an original. examples
(games) In which the hands of cards, tiles, etc. are preserved between rounds to be played again by other players. examples
third-person singular simple present duplicates, present participle duplicating, simple past and past participle duplicated
(transitive) To make a copy of. examples
(transitive) To do repeatedly; to do again. examples
(transitive) To produce something equal to. examples
countable and uncountable, plural duplicates
One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy. quotations examples
I send a duplicate both of it and my last dispatch.
July 20, 1678, William Temple, letter to the Lord Treasurer
(law) An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original examples
A pawnbroker's ticket, which must be shown when redeeming a pledged item. quotations examples
"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
(uncountable) The game of duplicate bridge. quotations examples
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
(uncountable) The game of duplicate Scrabble. examples
(botany, zoology) A biological specimen that was gathered alongside another specimen and represents the same species. quotations
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, page 3