Plural of duplicate
regular plural
The plural of duplicate is duplicates.
Forms of duplicate
| Singular | duplicate /ˈd(j)uː.plɪ.kət/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | duplicates |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Duplicates in a sentence
- Each collection, which may be a unicate or several specimens as duplicates in several herbaria, constitutes a record in the Conifer Database.2013, Aljos Farjon, Denis Filer, An Atlas of the World's Conifers: An Analysis of their Distribution, Biogeography, Diversity and...
- Respectful of its microformal origins, it is distributed with a microfiche that duplicates the printed version but sometimes contains additional material.1982, Association for Computational Linguistics, Proceedings of the Conference - Volume 20, page 90. From the entry microformal
- Anti-haecceitism says that no two possible worlds can be duplicates in all purely qualitative respects but differ in which individuals occupy which positions.2009, Dean Zimmerman, “The Privileged Present: Defending an 'A-theory' of Time”, in Oxford Studies in Metaphysics, page 230. From the entry antihaecceitism
- Stay away from the client or taxpayer who conceals, pads, overstates or understates, alters, duplicates, overfoots or underfoots, diverts, manipulates, omits, falsifies and flagrantly disregards the IRS regulations.1980, The CPA Journal - Volume 50. From the entry underfoot
- Few book budgets can stretch enough to provide for the desired duplicates, but the paperbounds cost so little that by using them heavy duplication is possible.1957, Top of the News, volumes 14-16, page 55. From the entry paperbound
Meaning of duplicate
- adjective Being the same as another; identical, often having been copied from an original.
- adjective In which the hands of cards, tiles, etc. are preserved between rounds to be played again by other players.
- verb To make a copy of.
Questions about the plural of duplicate
- What is the plural of duplicate?
- The plural of duplicate is duplicates.
- Is duplicate countable?
- Duplicate is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: duplicate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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