What part of speech is duplicates?

Duplicates can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. duplicates is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of duplicate (infinitive).
  • 2. duplicates is a noun, plural of duplicate.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does duplicates mean?

Definitions

Verb

duplicate - make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"
duplicate - make a duplicate or duplicates of; "Could you please duplicate this letter for me?"
duplicate - increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years"
duplicate - duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"

Noun

duplicate - a copy that corresponds to an original exactly; "he made a duplicate for the files"
duplicate - something additional of the same kind; "he always carried extras in case of an emergency"

Examples of duplicates

#   Sentence  
1. noun Duplicates of this sentence have been deleted.
2. noun Every Tatoeba sentence is unique, because any duplicates get deleted.
3. noun Horus has a tough job, searching through millions of sentences to find duplicates.
4. noun He made a duplicate for the files.
5. verb The singular centrosome in animal cells duplicates during the S phase of interphase, in preparation for cell division later on.
6. verb Could you please duplicate this letter for me?
7. verb The signoff for additional permanent 'Enron' headcount who will 'duplicate' certain key position control processes ultimately replacing some existing Traffic staff.
8. verb May I borrow a duplicate key for Room 360?
9. verb I left a duplicate key to the room with my mother.
10. verb He had a duplicate key made from that one.
11. verb After listening to an Arabic song for twenty seconds this time - for if he listened for ten this would be a duplicate sentence - Dima finally heard a familiar voice say, "As-Salamu Alaykum!"
12. verb "Walakum-us-Salam, Al-Sayib!" Dima replied, but raised the volume on his phone this time, so as to avoid making this a duplicate sentence. "What are you up to these days?"
13. verb How can a duplicate sentence be removed?
14. verb How can one remove a duplicate sentence?
15. verb Don't duplicate this floppy.
16. verb Send it in duplicate.
17. verb This is a duplicate copy.
18. verb He made a duplicate of that key.
19. verb I don't know how, but they got a duplicate key.
20. adj. A duplicate key.
Sentence  
noun
Duplicates of this sentence have been deleted.
Every Tatoeba sentence is unique, because any duplicates get deleted.
Horus has a tough job, searching through millions of sentences to find duplicates.
He made a duplicate for the files.
verb
The singular centrosome in animal cells duplicates during the S phase of interphase, in preparation for cell division later on.
Could you please duplicate this letter for me?
The signoff for additional permanent 'Enron' headcount who will 'duplicate' certain key position control processes ultimately replacing some existing Traffic staff.
May I borrow a duplicate key for Room 360?
I left a duplicate key to the room with my mother.
He had a duplicate key made from that one.
After listening to an Arabic song for twenty seconds this time - for if he listened for ten this would be a duplicate sentence - Dima finally heard a familiar voice say, "As-Salamu Alaykum!"
"Walakum-us-Salam, Al-Sayib!" Dima replied, but raised the volume on his phone this time, so as to avoid making this a duplicate sentence. "What are you up to these days?"
How can a duplicate sentence be removed?
How can one remove a duplicate sentence?
Don't duplicate this floppy.
Send it in duplicate.
This is a duplicate copy.
He made a duplicate of that key.
I don't know how, but they got a duplicate key.
adj.
A duplicate key.

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