reproduce
Americanverb (used with object)
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reproduces,
present (3rd person singular)
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reproduced,
past participle, past
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reproducing
present participle
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to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of.
to reproduce a picture.
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to produce again or anew by natural process.
to reproduce a severed branch.
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Biology. to produce one or more other individuals of (a given kind of organism) by some process of generation or propagation, sexual or asexual.
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to cause or foster the reproduction of (organisms).
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to produce, form, make, or bring about again or anew in any manner.
- Synonyms:
- repeat
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to recall to the mind or have a mental image of (a past incident, scene, etc.), as by the aid of memory or imagination.
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to produce again, as a play produced at an earlier time.
verb (used without object)
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reproduces,
present (3rd person singular)
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reproduced,
past participle, past
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reproducing
present participle
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to reproduce its kind, as an organism; propagate; bear offspring.
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to turn out in a given manner when copied.
This picture will reproduce well.
verb
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to make a copy, representation, or imitation of; duplicate
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(also intr) biology to undergo or cause to undergo a process of reproduction
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to produce or exhibit again
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to bring back into existence again; re-create
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to bring before the mind again (a scene, event, etc) through memory or imagination
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(intr) to come out (well, badly, etc), when copied
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to replace (damaged parts or organs) by a process of natural growth; regenerate
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to cause (a sound or television recording) to be heard or seen
Synonym Usage
See imitate.
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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reproducernoun
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reproducibilitynoun
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reproducibleadjective
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self-reproducingadjective
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reproduciblyadverb
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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reproducesimple
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reproducessimple
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have reproducedperfect
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has reproducedperfect
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am reproducingprogressive
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are reproducingprogressive
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is reproducingprogressive
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have been reproducingperfect progressive
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has been reproducingperfect progressive
Past
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reproducedsimple
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had reproducedperfect
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was reproducingprogressive
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were reproducingprogressive
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had been reproducingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of reproduce
Explanation
To reproduce is to make more, either by having babies or creating copies. Parents and copy machines both reproduce. To produce is "to make something," and re means “again,” so reproduce literally means to “produce again.” When animals and plants make more of their own kind, they reproduce. Plants reproduce asexually, and people reproduce through childbirth. You can also reproduce a book by printing more copies or a computer file by copying it. Reproducing always creates more of something.
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Modern European and American eels undertake extraordinary migrations, traveling thousands of kilometers from freshwater rivers to reproduce in the Sargasso Sea.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
"The fish are no longer able to reproduce," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
It was the sort of flavor I could reproduce if sufficiently motivated.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
Removing LibGen would prevent researchers from being able to reproduce earlier GPT-3 or GPT-3.5 results, he said, adding, “but would be very valuable for legal reasons.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Their fundamental claim is that, although some argue that such cases are miraculous or demonic, they are in fact perfectly easy to reproduce.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
It reproduces quickly during the warmer summer months and, with warming seas, there are fears it could spread further.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
That match indicates that the experiment closely reproduces the processes believed to occur in real cosmic environments.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
The key question, then, is whether private credit reproduces the balance-sheet features that make banks fragile.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026
First, there’s antigenic drift, which happens in the genes of the virus over time as the virus reproduces.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026
But if it cannot, the error will affect the way the cell reproduces.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
These models more closely reproduced important features of the disorder, giving scientists a way to investigate potential treatments before testing them in people.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Further optimization and testing at larger production scales will be needed to determine whether the laboratory results can be reproduced economically and reliably in commercial manufacturing.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
The team now plans to build a prototype to find out whether the predicted performance can be reproduced in a real device.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Salt crystals used to treat the garments were also reproduced on jackets and brooches.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
A delicate-looking circlet had been reproduced in marble on top of her head.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
That means the newly identified features could potentially help scientists evaluate whether high-resolution hurricane forecasting models are accurately reproducing the physical process that allows tilted storms to become vertically aligned.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
The company said in response to the 2024 lawsuit that it stands by its technology and that it is “uninterested in reproducing content in our training set.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
By reproducing cosmic chemistry in the laboratory, the study gives researchers a new way to investigate processes occurring deep within stellar environments.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
The idea is that when sterile flies are released into targeted areas, they wold mate with wild screwworm flies and prevent them from reproducing.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
That meant Terryl, the little girl from the broken home, would be the mom trying to keep the pattern from reproducing itself.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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