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dedupe

UK/diːˈdjuːp/US/diˈdup/

dedupe verb: to deduplicate.

Verb

dedupe (third-person singular simple present dedupes, present participle deduping, simple past and past participle deduped)

  1. (informal) To deduplicate.
    • When I deduped my music database, it shrank by more than half!

Noun

dedupe (plural dedupes)

  1. (informal) A deduplication.
    • After that dedupe, my music database took half as much space.

Forms of dedupe

Verb
third-person singular presentdedupes
present participlededuping
past participlededuped
pastdeduped
alternative formde-dupe
Noun
pluraldedupes

Origin of dedupe

From de- + dupe.

Words formed from dedupe

Words that rhyme with dedupe

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Questions about dedupe

What does dedupe mean?
Dedupe means to deduplicate.
What part of speech is dedupe?
Dedupe can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce dedupe?
Dedupe is pronounced /diːˈdjuːp/ (UK).
What is the past tense of dedupe?
The past tense of dedupe is deduped.

Words near dedupe in the dictionary

  1. deductor
  2. deductors
  3. deductory
  4. deducts
  5. dedup
  6. dedupe
  7. deduped
  8. deduper
  9. dedupers
  10. dedupes
  11. deduping

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