Replicate
/ˈreplɪkeɪt/verb
To make an exact copy of something.
Scientists try to replicate their results to confirm their findings.
Often appears as...
- replicate the experiment
- replicate the results
verb
To do something again in the same way to achieve the same result.
To confirm their theory, they replicated the experiment several times.
Often appears as...
- replicate the process
- replicate the study
Usage tips
Technical
verb
In biology, to produce exact copies of genetic material, cells, or organisms.
The virus replicates itself inside the host's cells.
Often appears as...
- virus replicates
- replicates its dna
Usage tips
Technical
verb
In computing, to make duplicates of data or files, usually across different locations.
The system automatically replicates the data to ensure backup.
Often appears as...
- replicate data
- replicate files
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To make an exact copy of something.
Scientists try to replicate their results to confirm their findings.
Often appears as...
- replicate the experiment
- replicate the results
verb
To do something again in the same way to achieve the same result.
To confirm their theory, they replicated the experiment several times.
Often appears as...
- replicate the process
- replicate the study
Usage tips
Technical
verb
In biology, to produce exact copies of genetic material, cells, or organisms.
The virus replicates itself inside the host's cells.
Often appears as...
- virus replicates
- replicates its dna
Usage tips
Technical
verb
In computing, to make duplicates of data or files, usually across different locations.
The system automatically replicates the data to ensure backup.
Often appears as...
- replicate data
- replicate files
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Exact Precision
Use 'replicate' to emphasize an identical or precise reproduction of something.
The artist was able to replicate the Mona Lisa perfectly.
Pro Tip 2/3Not For People
'Replicate' is not commonly used for duplicating people's actions or behaviors.
He replicated the recipe, but not his grandmother's cooking style.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Synonym
Avoid confusing 'replicate' with 'reproduce' when referring to having offspring.
The machine replicates the parts but animals reproduce.
Compare with
clonecopyduplicatoremulateimitatemimicmirrorreproduce
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Orcas Kill, But Not Just...
to hunt, replicating their parents maneuvers. They were also breaching up out of the water and tail slapping on the Steller sea lion, and this went on for for a good while. You can see that it was an instructional process. They were using the Steller sea lion as a teaching aid, and that was pretty uncomfortable to watch.
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Meet the 'Blood Bikers'...
there the hospital technician said that he desperately needed this because he had a child that wouldn't stop bleeding we slept the quite an impression on me afterwards and I thought well maybe I've helped maybe just that much and when you realize that that scenario replicated across the UK thousands of times a year
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What is love? - Brad...
become unaddicted, for a spell. What happened? Does one develop a tolerance or hit a limit? Why do some lovers stay addicted to each other their entire lives? Perhaps to create new lives, to proliferate their species? Maybe love is just human DNA's optimal method for bringing about its own replication.
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Why it’s so hard to cure...
the virus replicates within helper T cells, destroying many of them in the process. During this stage, patients often experience flu-like symptoms, but are typically not yet in mortal danger. However, for a period ranging from a few months to several years,
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Rethinking how we use...
incorporate the features of life that are desirable and intentionally leave out the features of life that make people uncomfortable our artificial systems do not replicate they do not evolve what they do instead is communicates and the reason why we are
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The strange case of the...
The researchers hypothesized that the pregnant ewes had snacked on poisonous birth defect-causing plants. They collected the local flora and fed samples to lab rats, but struggled to replicate the effect. So they decided to directly observe the sheep
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What coronavirus means...
So when worked in partnership with the computer, which has the capacity to take that thinking and replicate it and do all of that leverage thinking, and thinking in advanced way, that is the advancement of our time. And so you're seeing that.
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Could human civilization...
should be able to replicate throughout our galaxy in 4 million years or less. That may sound like a long time, but when you consider that our universe is 14 billion years old, on a cosmic scale, it's incredibly fast -
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Why do our bodies age? -...
a process that halts the cell cycle in times of risk, like when cancer cells are proliferating. But the response also kicks in more as we age, halting cell growth and cutting short their ability to replicate.
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Alligators Showing Off...
To see this spectacle, Helen need to encourage some alligators to start dancing. And to do that, she needs to replicate their infrasonic calls
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Orcas Kill, But Not Just...
to hunt, replicating their parents maneuvers. They were also breaching up out of the water and tail slapping on the Steller sea lion, and this went on for for a good while. You can see that it was an instructional process. They were using the Steller sea lion as a teaching aid, and that was pretty uncomfortable to watch.
Video examples
Meet the 'Blood Bikers'...
there the hospital technician said that he desperately needed this because he had a child that wouldn't stop bleeding we slept the quite an impression on me afterwards and I thought well maybe I've helped maybe just that much and when you realize that that scenario replicated across the UK thousands of times a year
Video examples
What is love? - Brad...
become unaddicted, for a spell. What happened? Does one develop a tolerance or hit a limit? Why do some lovers stay addicted to each other their entire lives? Perhaps to create new lives, to proliferate their species? Maybe love is just human DNA's optimal method for bringing about its own replication.
Video examples
Why it’s so hard to cure...
the virus replicates within helper T cells, destroying many of them in the process. During this stage, patients often experience flu-like symptoms, but are typically not yet in mortal danger. However, for a period ranging from a few months to several years,
Video examples
Rethinking how we use...
incorporate the features of life that are desirable and intentionally leave out the features of life that make people uncomfortable our artificial systems do not replicate they do not evolve what they do instead is communicates and the reason why we are
Video examples
The strange case of the...
The researchers hypothesized that the pregnant ewes had snacked on poisonous birth defect-causing plants. They collected the local flora and fed samples to lab rats, but struggled to replicate the effect. So they decided to directly observe the sheep
Video examples
What coronavirus means...
So when worked in partnership with the computer, which has the capacity to take that thinking and replicate it and do all of that leverage thinking, and thinking in advanced way, that is the advancement of our time. And so you're seeing that.
Video examples
Could human civilization...
should be able to replicate throughout our galaxy in 4 million years or less. That may sound like a long time, but when you consider that our universe is 14 billion years old, on a cosmic scale, it's incredibly fast -
Video examples
Why do our bodies age? -...
a process that halts the cell cycle in times of risk, like when cancer cells are proliferating. But the response also kicks in more as we age, halting cell growth and cutting short their ability to replicate.
Video examples
Alligators Showing Off...
To see this spectacle, Helen need to encourage some alligators to start dancing. And to do that, she needs to replicate their infrasonic calls
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Quote examples
Whitney Wolfe Herd
American Businesswoman
Anyone can replicate a product. There are lots of brilliant minds out there that know how to code, but there's unique DNA to a brand. You cannot have a brand without people. That is the most important asset you will ever have.
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George Dyson
American Historian
When you click on a link, you are replicating the string of code that it links to. Replication of code sequences isn't life, any more than replication of nucleotide sequences is, but we know that it sometimes leads to life.
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Neill Blomkamp
South African Director
If you're not observing the world around you, in some sense you're not really an artist because then that means you're just replicating other people's stuff, or, I don't even know what you're doing.
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Issey Miyake
Japanese Designer
Technology allows us to do many things, but it is always important to combine it with traditional handcrafts and, in fact, use technology to replicate dying arts so that they are not lost.
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Sharon Needles
American Entertainer
I love covers because there's just something I love about replicating someone else's music or taking rare music and introducing it to a wider or a new audience.
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Sebastian Thrun
German Scientist
We're making progress, but getting machines to replicate our ability to perceive and manipulate the world remains incredibly hard.
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Marco Zanini
Italian Designer
Real luxury is a balance between quality and the affection you feel for an object that cannot be easily replicated.
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Frances McDormand
American Actress
There is simply too much of my life that is involved in my work that I couldn't replicate in any other way.
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Rupert Friend
English Actor
If you are going to have any chance of replicating life, you need to live it.
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Rob Halford
English Musician
Life is a beautiful thing, but a lot of it, it kind of replicates itself.
Quote examples
Whitney Wolfe Herd
American Businesswoman
Anyone can replicate a product. There are lots of brilliant minds out there that know how to code, but there's unique DNA to a brand. You cannot have a brand without people. That is the most important asset you will ever have.
Quote examples
George Dyson
American Historian
When you click on a link, you are replicating the string of code that it links to. Replication of code sequences isn't life, any more than replication of nucleotide sequences is, but we know that it sometimes leads to life.
Quote examples
Neill Blomkamp
South African Director
If you're not observing the world around you, in some sense you're not really an artist because then that means you're just replicating other people's stuff, or, I don't even know what you're doing.
Quote examples
Issey Miyake
Japanese Designer
Technology allows us to do many things, but it is always important to combine it with traditional handcrafts and, in fact, use technology to replicate dying arts so that they are not lost.
Quote examples
Sharon Needles
American Entertainer
I love covers because there's just something I love about replicating someone else's music or taking rare music and introducing it to a wider or a new audience.
Quote examples
Sebastian Thrun
German Scientist
We're making progress, but getting machines to replicate our ability to perceive and manipulate the world remains incredibly hard.
Quote examples
Marco Zanini
Italian Designer
Real luxury is a balance between quality and the affection you feel for an object that cannot be easily replicated.
Quote examples
Frances McDormand
American Actress
There is simply too much of my life that is involved in my work that I couldn't replicate in any other way.
Quote examples
Rupert Friend
English Actor
If you are going to have any chance of replicating life, you need to live it.
Quote examples
Rob Halford
English Musician
Life is a beautiful thing, but a lot of it, it kind of replicates itself.
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