replicate
/ˈɹɛpləˌkeɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To repeat (an experiment or trial) with a consistent result.
Example Sentences
- "On entering a host cell, a virus will start to replicate."
- "It is the Northern portals that are most interesting. The earlier structure was given the romantic, grotto-like feature of a tower with windows. When expanded (circa 1893), the engineers chose to replicate that design, seemingly extending the castle further."
- "[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes."
- "The idea is that by building the centre with used and new normal railway components, GCRE will "replicate" the UK main line railway. Doherty sees this as a unique selling point: "We have some good rail research/testing universities such as Birmingham and Huddersfield, but you can't replicate a train rattling through at 120mph in a lab.""
- "a replicate leaf or petal"
- "the replicate margin of a shell"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *pleḱ-, replicātus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹɛpləˌkeɪt/
- British English: /ˈɹɛplɪkeɪt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
replicates (present, singular)
replicating (participle, present)
replicated (participle, past)
replicated (past)
replicates (plural)
more replicate (comparative)
most replicate (superlative)