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dedupe.

To deduplicate.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/diːˈdjuːp/UK/-ˈdʒuːp/UK/diˈdup/US
  1. To deduplicate.

    informal
    When I deduped my music database, it shrank by more than half!
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/diːˈdjuːp/UK/-ˈdʒuːp/UK/diˈdup/US
  1. A deduplication.

    informal
    After that dedupe, my music database took half as much space.
Where this word comes from

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.

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