replicate[verb]Synonyms: copy, duplicate, mimic, recreate, reduplicate, reproduce
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
rep‧li‧cate /ˈrepləkeɪt, ˈreplɪkeɪt/
verb[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: past participle of replicare; ⇒ reply1]
1. [transitive] formal if you replicate someone’s work, a scientific study etc, you do it again, or try to get the same result again:
There is a need for further research to replicate these findings.2. [intransitive and transitive] technical if a
virus or a
molecule replicates, or if it replicates itself, it divides and produces exact copies of itself:
the ability of DNA to replicate itself—replication /ˌrepləˈkeɪʃ
ən, ˌreplɪˈkeɪʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable and countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲