reproduce

[ ree-pruh-doos, -dyoos ]
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verb (used with object),re·pro·duced, re·pro·duc·ing.
  1. to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.

  2. to produce again or anew by natural process: to reproduce a severed branch.

  1. Biology. to produce one or more other individuals of (a given kind of organism) by some process of generation or propagation, sexual or asexual.

  2. to cause or foster the reproduction of (organisms).

  3. to produce, form, make, or bring about again or anew in any manner.

  4. to recall to the mind or have a mental image of (a past incident, scene, etc.), as by the aid of memory or imagination.

  5. to produce again, as a play produced at an earlier time.

verb (used without object),re·pro·duced, re·pro·duc·ing.
  1. to reproduce its kind, as an organism; propagate; bear offspring.

  2. to turn out in a given manner when copied: This picture will reproduce well.

Origin of reproduce

1
First recorded in 1605–15; re- + produce

synonym study For reproduce

5. See imitate.

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

  • To reproduce the impulse born of the thought—this is the aim of a psychological method.

    Expressive Voice Culture | Jessie Eldridge Southwick
  • And so this is why the clever performer cannot reproduce the effect of a speech of Demosthenes or Daniel Webster.

    Expressive Voice Culture | Jessie Eldridge Southwick
  • This is quite apart from their failure to reproduce the master touch in other branches of the liutaro's art.

    Antonio Stradivari | Horace William Petherick
  • And 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 Blackwood
  • A mono-cell, the amoeba, was able to reproduce itself by the simple stratagem of sub-division.

British Dictionary definitions for reproduce

reproduce

/ (ˌriːprəˈdjuːs) /


verb(mainly tr)
  1. to make a copy, representation, or imitation of; duplicate

  2. (also intr) biology to undergo or cause to undergo a process of reproduction

  1. to produce or exhibit again

  2. to bring back into existence again; re-create

  3. to bring before the mind again (a scene, event, etc) through memory or imagination

  4. (intr) to come out (well, badly, etc), when copied

  5. to replace (damaged parts or organs) by a process of natural growth; regenerate

  6. 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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