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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | duplicate |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, carbon, cartoon, clone, counterfeit, delineate, depict, ditto, draw, dupe, engrave, engross, fake, forge, imitate, knock off, limn, manifold, mimeo, mirror, mold, paint, paraphrase, photocopy, photostat, picture, plagiarize, portray, reduplicate, reflect, repeat, replicate, represent, reproduce, rewrite, sculpture, simulate, sketch, stat, trace, transcribe |
| Notes: | Xerox is actually a trademark for copies made on that brand of machine; copy is a duplicate made in any of a number of ways, while photocopy is a duplicate made using a machine with a photographic process |
| Main Entry: | duplicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a copy; repeat |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, act like, clone, copy, counterfeit, ditto*, do a takeoff, do again, do like, double, dualize, dupe, echo, fake, go like, imitate, knock off, make like, make replica, make twofold, manifold, mimeo, mirror, multiply, phony, photocopy, photostat, pirate*, redo, redouble, reduplicate, remake, replicate, repro, reproduce, rework, stat, take off as, trace |
| Notes: | duplication may be regarded as an activity because one duplicates (makes again) something, but replication is a process in which something is replicated (copied) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | photocopy |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | mechanical image produced from a copier; making the image |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, copy, duplicate, reproduce, stat, velox |
| Notes: | Xerox is actually a trademark for copies made on that brand of machine; copy is a duplicate made in any of a number of ways, while photocopy is a duplicate made using a machine with a photographic process |
| Main Entry: | replicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | copy |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, carbon, cartoon, clone, counterfeit, delineate, depict, ditto*, draw, dupe*, duplicate, engrave, engross, fake*, forge, imitate, knock off, limn, manifold, mimeo, mirror, mold, paint, paraphrase, photocopy, photostat, picture, plagiarize, portray, reduplicate, reflect, repeat, represent, reproduce, rewrite, sculpture, simulate, sketch, stat, trace, transcribe |
| Notes: | duplication may be regarded as an activity because one duplicates (makes again) something, but replication is a process in which something is replicated (copied) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | [Result of imitation.] Copy. |
| Category: | 3. PARTIAL RELATION |
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-nouns
copy, facsimile, xerox, counterpart, effigies, effigy, form, likeness, image, picture, photo, similitude, semblance, cast, tracing, ectype, photo offset, electrotype; imitation; model, representation, adumbration, study; portrait (representment); resemblance., duplicate; transcript, transcription; reflex, reflexion, reflection; shadow, echo; recording, scan; chip off the old block; reprint, reproduction; second edition (repetition); rechauffe; apograph, fair copy, revise., parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, travestie, paraphrase., [copy with some differences] derivative, modification, expansion, extension., servile copy, servile imitation; plagiarism, counterfeit, fake (deception); pasticcio.
-adjectives
faithful; lifelike (similar); close, conscientious., unoriginal, imitative, derivative.
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| Antonyms: | prototype |
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