reproduce
to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
to produce again or anew by natural process: to reproduce a severed branch.
Biology. to produce one or more other individuals of (a given kind of organism) by some process of generation or propagation, sexual or asexual.
to cause or foster the reproduction of (organisms).
to produce, form, make, or bring about again or anew in any manner.
to recall to the mind or have a mental image of (a past incident, scene, etc.), as by the aid of memory or imagination.
to produce again, as a play produced at an earlier time.
to reproduce its kind, as an organism; propagate; bear offspring.
to turn out in a given manner when copied: This picture will reproduce well.
Origin of reproduce
1synonym study For reproduce
Other words for reproduce
Other words from reproduce
- re·pro·duc·er, noun
- re·pro·duc·i·ble, adjective
- self-re·pro·duc·ing, adjective
Words Nearby reproduce
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How to use reproduce in a sentence
Airline pilots are now slowly, too slowly, being given access to flight simulators able to reproduce sudden and unexpected upsets.
Asked if the ability to reproduce should be a human right, Spar said she would leave that for the philosophers to think about.
Want Blue Eyes With That Baby?: The Strange New World of Human Reproduction | Eleanor Clift | November 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYou may have noticed that roughly 100 percent of higher animals reproduce sexually, requiring a male and female partner to do so.
Most bands these days aspire to reproduce their recordings on stage as faithfully as possible.
The program “evolves” solutions that computer scientists cannot readily reproduce.
This is What Happens When You Teach Machines the Power of Natural Selection | James Barrat | February 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
To reproduce the impulse born of the thought—this is the aim of a psychological method.
Expressive Voice Culture | Jessie Eldridge SouthwickAnd so this is why the clever performer cannot reproduce the effect of a speech of Demosthenes or Daniel Webster.
Expressive Voice Culture | Jessie Eldridge SouthwickThis is quite apart from their failure to reproduce the master touch in other branches of the liutaro's art.
Antonio Stradivari | Horace William PetherickAnd the conversations I can reproduce almost verbatim, for, according to my invariable habit, I kept full notes of all he said.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon BlackwoodA mono-cell, the amoeba, was able to reproduce itself by the simple stratagem of sub-division.
British Dictionary definitions for reproduce
/ (ˌriːprəˈdjuːs) /
to make a copy, representation, or imitation of; duplicate
(also intr) biology to undergo or cause to undergo a process of reproduction
to produce or exhibit again
to bring back into existence again; re-create
to bring before the mind again (a scene, event, etc) through memory or imagination
(intr) to come out (well, badly, etc), when copied
to replace (damaged parts or organs) by a process of natural growth; regenerate
to cause (a sound or television recording) to be heard or seen
Derived forms of reproduce
- reproducible, adjective
- reproducibly, adverb
- reproducibility, noun
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