replicate

Definition

  • verb: to repeat or copy (something) exactly
  • verb: to undergo 'replication'
  • synonyms: reply, replicated

Examples

  • Scientists have failed to 'replicate' [='duplicate'] the results of his experiment.

  • They are working on computer-generated speech that 'replicates' the human voice.

  • DNA 'replicates' itself in the cell nucleus.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) She moved back to Portland. What? Boo! We're about minutes out from home base, sir. So, this Dr Banner was trying to replicate the serum they used on me? A lot of people were. You were the world's first superhero. Banner thought gamma radiation might hold the key to unlocking (..)
    2012 The Avengers
  • (..) That's impossible. We lost all our research in the fire, all our specimens, everything. I've spent the last years trying to replicate the results. You didn't lose everything in the fire. This can't be real. It is real. (..)
    2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • (..) The human DNA that I implanted in the spiders was my own. Which means that without me, without my bloodline, Oscorp can never replicate or continue my experiments. Keep Electro incubated, milligrams of sodium and phenobarbital, I've...I've destroyed as much as possible from the archives (..)
    2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2