replica
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.rep·li·ca
noun \ˈre-pli-kə\Definition of REPLICA
1
: an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist <a replica of this was painted … this year — Constance Strachey>
2
: a copy exact in all details <DNA makes a replica of itself> <sailed a replica of the Viking ship>; broadly : copy <this faithful, pathetic replica of a Midwestern suburb — G. F. Kennan>
See Examples of REPLICA
- We toured a replica of the ship.
- It's an authentic replica of an ancient Greek urn.
Origin of REPLICA
Italian, repetition, from replicare to repeat, from Late Latin, from Latin, to fold back — more at reply
First Known Use: 1824
Related to REPLICA
- Synonyms
- alter ego, carbon, carbon copy, clone, counterpart, doppelgänger (or doppelganger), double, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, fetch, likeness, look-alike, match, mirror image, picture, image, ringer, spit, spitting image, twin
See Synonym Discussion at reproduction
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