Duplex meaning

Adjective: duplex

Pronunciation: (‘d(y)oo,pleks)

Duplex meaning:

• (telecommunication) allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously.
• (used technically of a device or process) having two parts.

Synonyms: multiple, bidirectional

Noun: duplex

Meaning: An apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase or a house with two units sharing a common wall.

Synonyms: duplex house, semidetached house, duplex apartment

Quotations: Charlie Hosack – If we can get a duplex in, it would be ideal for an older couple. It would be great for the farmer looking to move into town. We are hoping this will house we are building now will start a bit of a trend.

Sheila Fleming – This way I could get a new house and continue to be a teacher, and live with the money I make selling the other half of the duplex.

Gary Smith – We’re still talking to condo developers, but our purpose is to create very traditional-style duplex condominiums. They will be very single-family in appearance.

Rex Rankin – This one-level house used to be a duplex and had a hallway running down the middle of the house, so when former owners turned it back into a single-family home, they enclosed that hallway, giving me tons and tons of closet space.

Sample sentences:

• One of the most vexing issues in most companies is the duplex mismatching problem.
• A planning study is under way that involves widening duplex to a three-lane typical section.
• My worst fear is that I’ll end up living in some run-down duplex on Wilshire wearing pants hiked up to my nipples and muttering under my breath.
• Housing is a major driving force of the district. We’re really trying to prevent duplexes.
• I put in all the information for two people living in a newer duplex. The results showed that we were higher than average.
• Just the sheer magnitude of the stuff he hoarded basically in his duplex, was a surprise to all of us.