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āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Duplex
01
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an apartment with two floors each with its own rooms connected by an internal staircase
Dialect
British
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Duplexes are popular in urban areas for their efficient use of space and potential rental income.
āĻĄā§āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ¸ āĻļāĻšā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻā§āĻˇ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ¨āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
02
āĻĄā§āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ¸, āĻ¯āĻŽāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ
a residential building that contains two separate living units or residences, typically stacked on top of each other or side by side
Dialect
American
AmericanāĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They decided to live in a duplex to have more space without paying for a detached house.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĄā§āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ¸ āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
a residential building divided into two separate living units that share a common wall
DialectAmerican
AmericanāĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The duplex has separate entrances for each unit.
duplex
01
(of a flat or apartment) arranged over two floors
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The duplex apartment offers a living room on the lower floor.
02
capable of transmitting or receiving signals in both directions at the same time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Modern radios operate in duplex mode for efficiency.
03
composed of two distinct parts
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Duplex pipelines carry two separate flows.
04
āĻ¸āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤, āĻĄā§āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ¸
(of a house) joined to another house by a shared wall on one side, typically containing two separate living units
DialectAmerican
AmericanāĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The duplex property has separate entrances for each unit.
āĻĄā§āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ¸ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§āĻļāĻĒāĻĨ āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
to duplex
01
to convert or modify a building into a duplex, creating two separate living units
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They hired a contractor to duplex the property for rental purposes.
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