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- pronunciation:
- ri
pr
dus
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
reproduces, reproducing, reproduced |
| definition 1: |
to make a copy or duplicate of.
The furniture maker reproduced a chair made hundreds of years ago.- similar words:
- copy, duplicate, imitate, manifold, mirror, replicate
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| definition 2: |
to produce again.
Can you reproduce that sound you just made?- similar words:
- duplicate, regenerate
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| definition 3: |
to create (new plants or animals of the same kind) by means of a sexual or an asexual process.
- similar words:
- engender, propagate
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| definition 4: |
to have a mental image of, or to bring to mind again.
- similar words:
- image, imagine
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| related words: |
breed, deliver, emulate, procreate, revive, simulate, spawn, trace |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to go through a process of copying, duplication, or reproduction.
This design will reproduce well.- similar words:
- copy, replicate
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| definition 2: |
to create offspring.
Turtles reproduce by laying eggs.
- similar words:
- breed, increase, multiply, procreate, propagate
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| related words: |
bear, conceive, deliver, mate, spawn |
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| derivations: |
reproducible (adj.), reproducer (n.), reproducibility (n.) |
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some activities associated with reproducing |
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breed, conceive, develop, divide, fertilize, hatch, mate, multiply, pollinate, spawn, unite |
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