'Could you please duplicate this letter for me?' Pair, twin, collimate, reduplicate, double, parallel, repeat, couple, replicate, match, mate 'The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse' 'He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick'ĭouble up, repeat, parallel, reiterate, twin, geminate, recapitulate, retroflex, reprize, restate, recur, reprise, iterate, double over, ingeminate, echo, replicate, retell, take over, reduplicate, double, copy 'he always carried extras in case of an emergency'ĭuplication, spear carrier, extra, supernumeraryĪ copy that corresponds to an original exactlyĭuplicate, matching, twin(a), twinned verbĭuplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate verb Princeton's WordNet Rate these antonyms: 5.0 / 1 vote Reproduction is chiefly applied to living organisms.Īrchetype, model, original, pattern, prototypeĬopy, counterpart, facsimile, imitation, likeness, replica, reproduction, transcript While strictly there could be but one duplicate, the word is now extended to an indefinite number of exact copies. In law, a copy of an instrument has in itself no authority the signatures, as well as other matters, may be copied a duplicate is really an original, containing the same provisions and signed by the same persons, so that it may have in all respects the same force and effect a transcript is an official copy, authenticated by the signature of the proper officer, and by the seal of the appropriate court. A replica is a copy of a work of art by the maker of the original. An imitation is always thought of as inferior to the original as, an imitation of Milton. A counterpart exactly corresponds to another object, but perhaps without design, while a copy is intentional. A facsimile of a key might be quite useless a duplicate will open the lock.

A facsimile is like the original in appearance a duplicate is the same as the original in substance and effect a facsimile of the Declaration of Independence is not a duplicate. A copy is as nearly like the original as the copyist has power to make it a duplicate is exactly like the original a carbon copy of a typewritten document must be a duplicate we may have an inaccurate copy, but never an inaccurate duplicate.

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