English verb: reduplicate | |||
1. | reduplicate (creation) form by reduplication | ||
Samples | The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel. The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word. | ||
Synonyms | geminate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | double, duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate | ||
Domain category | linguistics | ||
2. | reduplicate (creation) make or do or perform again | ||
Samples | He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick. | ||
Synonyms | double, duplicate, repeat, replicate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | reproduce | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | copy, geminate, recapitulate, reduplicate, replicate | ||