dedupe

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UK/diːˈdjuːp/UK/-ˈdʒuːp/US/diˈdup/

verb

To deduplicate.

“After that dedupe, my music database took half as much space.”

OriginEnglish dupe ← Latin duplicātus ← Proto-Italic *dē →
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Meanings

verbdedupe (third-person singular simple present dedupes, present participle deduping, simple past and past participle deduped)

present singular third person dedupes · participle present deduping · participle past deduped · past deduped · alternative de-dupe

  1. informalTo deduplicate.

    When I deduped my music database, it shrank by more than half!

noundedupe (plural dedupes)

plural dedupes · alternative de-dupe

  1. informalA deduplication.

    After that dedupe, my music database took half as much space.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
deduplicate

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Latinduplex
  8. Latinduplicātus
  9. Englishduplicateclip.
  10. Englishdupe
  11. Englishdedupe

From de- + dupe.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dedupe

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Cite this entry
APA

dedupe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dedupe

MLA

“dedupe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dedupe. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dedupe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dedupe.

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