noun · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ɹɛplɪˈkeɪʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Copy; reproduction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
That painting is an almost exact replication of a famous Rembrandt painting.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA molecules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
The process of frequent electronic data copying a one database in one computer or server to a database in another so that all users share the same level of information. Used to improve fault tolerance of the system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Narrower terms: sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouth
12
noun
Meaning 12
(genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organic process, biological process
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English replicacioun, replicacion, from Anglo-Norman replicacioun and Old French replicacion (“reply, answer”), from Latin replicātiō, replicātiōnem. By surface analysis, replicate + -(at)ion.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
копиране
(kopirane)
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
Chinese Mandarin:
复制
(fùzhì)
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
Finnish:
jäljennös
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
Finnish:
kopiointi
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
Finnish:
replikointi
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
Finnish:
replikaatio
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
German:
Nachbildung
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
German:
Nachbau
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
German:
Vervielfältigung
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
German:
Kopieren
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
German:
Replizierung
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
German:
Replikation
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
Hungarian:
másolás
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
Korean:
복제
(bokje)
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
Māori:
tāruaruatanga
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
Occitan:
còpia
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
Occitan:
reproduccion
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
Romanian:
copiere
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
Romanian:
copieri
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
Romanian:
duplicare
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
Romanian:
reproducere
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
Romanian:
replicare
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
Romanian:
replicație
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
Russian:
копи́рование
(kopírovanije)
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
Swedish:
replikering
— process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
