REPLICATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does replicate mean? 

• REPLICATE (verb)
  The verb REPLICATE has 3 senses:

1. bend or turn backward

2. reproduce or make an exact copy of

3. make or do or perform again

  Familiarity information: REPLICATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPLICATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they replicate    ... he / she / it replicates   
Past simple: replicated   
Past participle: replicated   
-ing form: replicating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bend or turn backward

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

replicate; retroflex

Hypernyms (to "replicate" is one way to...):

bend; flex (form a curve)

Sentence frames:

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Reproduce or make an exact copy of

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

copy; replicate

Context example:

copy the genetic information

Hypernyms (to "replicate" is one way to...):

double; duplicate; reduplicate; repeat; replicate (make or do or perform again)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Sentence frames:

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

replication ((genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make or do or perform again

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

double; duplicate; reduplicate; repeat; replicate

Context example:

He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick

Hypernyms (to "replicate" is one way to...):

reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "replicate"):

copy; replicate (reproduce or make an exact copy of)

recapitulate (repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life)

geminate; reduplicate (form by reduplication)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

replica (copy that is not the original; something that has been copied)

replication (the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion)

 Context examples 

Upon intratumoral administration, the adenovirus selectively infects and replicates in tumor cells, which may result in tumor cell lysis.

(Adenovirus-mediated Human Interleukin-12, NCI Thesaurus)

Of course, no period ever replicates an earlier period exactly, but if you were born during the time I listed, you are likely to feel that Earth is a friendly place to be.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

These would map replicate features for a reporter to the reporter.

(Feature Reporter Map, NCI Thesaurus)

These proteins are involved in both the release of the viral genome into infected cells and the subsequent repackaging of the replicated genome into new virions.

(Flu Matrix Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

But the researchers wanted to try and replicate those results on a larger scale that more closely mimicked commercial production scenarios.

(Antibiotic Alternative Scores Well in Second Round of Swine Trials, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Then, the team from the Entomology Department of the institution managed to demonstrate that the virus can replicate inside the mosquito and reach its salivary gland.

(Brazil scientists find out Culex mosquito can transmit Zika, Agência Brasil)

Cell senescence is a process in which cells lose function, including the ability to divide and replicate, but are resistant to cell death.

(Senolytic drugs reverse damage caused by senescent cells in mice, National Institutes of Health)

Before they are transplanted, the iPSC-derived RPE are grown in tiny sheets one cell thick, replicating their natural structure within the eye.

(Researchers rescue photoreceptors, prevent blindness in animal models of retinal degeneration, National Institutes of Health)

It is as if the 6MMPr was able to imitate one of the bricks, so that when Zika virus “builds” the wall, it would stop replicating.

(Brazil scientists discover Zika virus inhibitor, Agência Brasil)

This technique refers to selectively replicate DNA sequence of interest to multiple extra copies that meet the need of research or health care activity.

(Gene Amplification Technique, NCI Thesaurus)