reduplicate
/rɪˈduːplɪkeɪt/
verb
- To repeat or copy something exactly; to make a duplicate of something that already exists.
- The artist tried to reduplicate the original painting, but the colors were slightly off.
- Please don't reduplicate the same error in the next version of the report.
- The experiment was designed to reduplicate the results from the previous study.
- In linguistics, to form a word or part of a word by repeating a syllable or sound (e.g., 'bye-bye' or 'mama').
- Children often reduplicate syllables when learning to talk, saying 'wa-wa' for water.
- The word 'papa' is formed by reduplicating the syllable 'pa'.
- In some languages, reduplicating a word can change its meaning to indicate repetition or intensity.
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