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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

dedupe en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /diːˈdjuːp/ (UK)
  • /-ˈdʒuːp/ (UK)
  • /diˈdup/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Latin duplex Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin duplicātusbor. English duplicateclip. English dupe English dedupe From de- + dupe.

Meanings

  1. (informal) A deduplication.
    • After that dedupe, my music database took half as much space.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dedupes Number=Plur lexicographic
de-dupe alternative lexicographic

dedupe en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /diːˈdjuːp/ (UK)
  • /-ˈdʒuːp/ (UK)
  • /diˈdup/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Latin duplex Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin duplicātusbor. English duplicateclip. English dupe English dedupe From de- + dupe.

Meanings

  1. (informal) To deduplicate.
    • When I deduped my music database, it shrank by more than half!

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
deduping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
de-dupe alternative lexicographic
dedupes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
deduped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
deduped Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

deduper