reproduce ( reproduces 3rd person present) ( reproducing present participle) ( reproduced past tense & past participle )
1 verb If you try to reproduce something, you try to copy it.
I shall not try to reproduce the policemen's English... V n
The effect has proved hard to reproduce. V n
2 verb If you reproduce a picture, speech, or a piece of writing, you make a photograph or printed copy of it.
We are grateful to you for permission to reproduce this article. V n
3 verb If you reproduce an action or an achievement, you repeat it.
(=repeat)
If we can reproduce the form we have shown in the last couple of months we will be successful. V n
4 verb When people, animals, or plants reproduce, they produce young. ...a society where women are defined by their ability to reproduce... V We are reproducing ourselves at such a rate that our numbers threaten the ecology of the planet. V pron-refl ♦
reproduction n-uncount Genes are those tiny bits of biological information swapped in sexual reproduction.
reproduction ( reproductions plural )
1 n-count A reproduction is a copy of something such as a piece of furniture or a work of art.
oft N n
...a reproduction of a popular religious painting.
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2 n-uncount Sound reproduction is the recording of sound onto tapes, CDs, or films so that it can be heard by a large number of people.
...the increasingly high technology of music reproduction.