duplication

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /d(j)u.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ UK /djuː.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #49367

Meanings

1

noun
The act of copying something, or of doing the same thing more than once unnecessarily.

Sharing one system avoids the duplication of work between teams.
2

noun
An exact copy of something.

The report contained several duplications of the same figures.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the act of copying... copying

2 noun · an exact copy of something. duplicate copy

More doublingduplationtwicing

Opposites

bisection

Word family

Forms duplications

Derived forms alloduplicationantiduplicationbioduplicationdeduplicationendoduplicationhyperduplicationisoduplicationmicroduplicationmisduplicationmultiduplicationnonduplicationoverduplication

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Phrases (1)

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wasteful duplication
Unnecessary repetition that uses time, effort, or resources without sufficient benefit.

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English duplicacioun, from Middle French duplication, from Late Latin duplicātiō, duplicātiōnem, from Latin duplicō. Morphologically duplicate + -ion.

duplicacioun Middle English duplication Middle French duplicatio la-lat duplicō Latin

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# duplication

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /d(j)u.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /djuː.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 49367

## Meanings
1. The act of copying something, or of doing the same thing more than once unnecessarily.
2. An exact copy of something.

## Examples
- Sharing one system avoids the duplication of work between teams.
- The report contained several duplications of the same figures.

## Synonyms
- doubling
- duplation
- twicing

## Antonyms
- bisection

## Derived Forms
- alloduplication
- antiduplication
- bioduplication
- deduplication
- endoduplication
- hyperduplication
- isoduplication
- microduplication
- misduplication
- multiduplication
- nonduplication
- overduplication

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: duplicacioun
- Root: duplication
- Root: duplicatio
- Root: duplicō

## Etymology
From Middle English duplicacioun, from Middle French duplication, from Late Latin duplicātiō, duplicātiōnem, from Latin duplicō. Morphologically duplicate + -ion.

## AI Etymology
Duplication comes from Middle English duplicacioun, from Middle French duplication, from Late Latin duplicātiō, duplicātiōnem, from Latin duplicō. Morphologically duplicate + -ion. In current use, the main senses are “The act of copying something, or of doing the same thing more than once unnecessarily” and “An exact copy of something”.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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