Duplicate

Definitions

1. One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.
   countable, uncountable
2. 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
   countable, uncountable
3. A pawnbroker's ticket, which must be shown when redeeming a pledged item.
   countable, uncountable
4. The game of duplicate bridge.
   uncountable
5. The game of duplicate Scrabble.
   uncountable
6. A biological specimen that was gathered alongside another specimen and represents the same species.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“This is a duplicate, but a very good replica.”

“July 20, 1678, William Temple, letter to the Lord Treasurer I send⟳ a duplicate both of it and my last⟳ dispatch.”

“"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;[…]"”

“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[…]”

“Each collection, which may be a unicate or several specimens as duplicates in several herbaria, constitutes a record⟳ in the Conifer Database.”

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