duplicate key

collocation in English

meaningsofduplicateandkey

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duplicate
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈdʒuː.plɪ.kət/us
/ˈduː.plə.kət/
being an exact copy ...
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key
noun[C]
uk
/kiː/us
/kiː/
a piece of metal that has been cut into a special shape and is used for opening or closing a lock, starting a car ...
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(Definition ofduplicateandkeyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofduplicate key

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I understand that he escaped by opening the window shutter with aduplicatekey, sawing through the window bars, and climbing 30 yards along a high coping.
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Btrieve allows forduplicatekeyvalues in an index.
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They unlocked the door with theduplicatekey.
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A locksmith created aduplicatekeyto the briefcase.
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However, no suchduplicatekeyhad actually existed.
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He locked the room with aduplicatekey.
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If you make aduplicatekeyfrom the master key, then aduplicatekeyfrom the first duplicate, in four generations the keys will not fit the lock.
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Guddi remembers that she had left aduplicatekeyat her neighbour's place, but the neighbours have gone for a ten-day holiday.
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The keys of such shelters are issued to members of the families concerned, duplicate keys being kept at the nearest warden's post.
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Nor are we permitted to pay ourselves for new locks, because security must have duplicate keys.
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This meant that the order of the duplicate keys in the list was in the order they were entered.
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This helped ensure that only the owner of the vehicle can make duplicate keys.
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When the key is withdrawn, all print or record of its action is obliterated, and no tell-tale left for duplicate keys to be made 4.
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Duplicate keys that appear later in the list are ignored.
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Duplicate keys in indexed or alternate index files may be allowed or disallowed.
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Shevlin confessed under questioning that he had obtained duplicate keys and given them detailed information about the bank.
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