| VERB | motion | replicate, retroflex | bend or turn backward |
|---|---|---|---|
| creation | replicate, copy | reproduce or make an exact copy of | |
| creation | replicate, duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat | make or do or perform again |
| Sounds | reh'plahkey.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | bend or turn backward. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | retroflex | |
| Broader | bend, flex | form a curve |
| Meaning | Reproduce or make an exact copy of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "replicate the cell" | |
| Synonym | copy | |
| Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
| Broader | duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate | make or do or perform again |
| Nouns | replication | (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division |
| Meaning | make or do or perform again. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" | |
| Synonyms | duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat | |
| Narrower | recapitulate | repeat stages / stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life |
| reduplicate, geminate | form by reduplication | |
| replicate, copy | Reproduce or make an exact copy of | |
| Broader | reproduce | make a copy or equivalent of |
| Spanish | doblar, duplicar, recalcar, reiterar, repetir | |
| Catalan | doblar, duplicar-se, duplicar, recalcar, reiterar, repetir | |
| Nouns | replica | copy that is not the original |
| replication | the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion | |
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