reduplicate

verb

ri-ˈdü-pli-ˌkāt How to pronounce reduplicate (audio)
Definition of reduplicatenext
1
as in to reproduce
to make an exact likeness of reduplicate a recording of the concert for my friend

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2
as in to repeat
to make or do again found out halfway through the project that I was reduplicating another team member's efforts, so we had to figure out who was going to do what

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reduplicate
  1. reproduce
  2. repeat
  3. copy
  4. replicate
  5. render
  6. renew
  7. imitate
  8. duplicate
Verb
  • What survived was not the work that could be reproduced by a machine.
    — David Woodard, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Shopping with friends, asking an employee for guidance, or seeing how others interact with a product can influence a decision in ways that are difficult to reproduce on a screen.
    — Connie Etemadi, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of reproduce
Verb
  • In hopes of repeating, the Knicks are bringing back almost the same team as last season.
    — James L. Edwards III, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Both minor parties repeated Monday their plans to vote against the law.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of repeat
Verb
  • The instinct to copy OpenAI’s response is understandable and probably wrong.
    — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Most scholars assume that the Iliad and the Odyssey were composed sometime between the eighth century and the mid-seventh century BCE, and finally copied down by the mid-sixth century BCE.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of copy
Verb
  • Other performers have tried to replicate his command of audacious, boundary-pushing comedy, but few (if any) have succeeded.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2026
  • But many say the dual leadership structure has put the company back on track, with Brockman able to make difficult calls with an authority that the outside executives cycling through couldn’t replicate.
    — Alex Heath, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of replicate
Verb
  • Researchers are already documenting these effects, which threaten to render the hard work of wrestling with ideas a lost art.
    — Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In a Texas hospital this week, doctors performed a complex, high-risk, open-heart surgery on a 6-day-old boy born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare congenital condition that rendered part of his heart underdeveloped.
    — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of render
Verb
  • As some communities across the country are choosing to end their relationship with Flock Safety and its license plate readers over privacy and police misuse concerns, several Chicago suburbs are renewing their use of the controversial police tool.
    — Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The idea is to cleanse the body from toxicity and renew your cells.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of renew
Verb
  • But in a case of life imitating art, the show’s entire publicity strategy was inadvertently wrecked by a real-life aristocrat, after reports leaked that Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was being eyed for a role in the series.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
  • But from Ossoff, who cuts a more wholesome figure and doesn’t imitate the president, the attacks are more surprising—and therefore perhaps more effective.
    — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of imitate
Verb
  • Silver will remain, though is highly likely to be a different shade — Apple rarely duplicates colors between years.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Variations in equipment and manufacturing processes, however, can make a successful prototype difficult to duplicate or scale.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of duplicate
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“Reduplicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reduplicate. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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