reproduce

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.

Definitions of reproduce

v make a copy or equivalent of

“reproduce the painting”

Types:: show 27 types...; hide 27 types...; double, duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate
make or do or perform again; duplicate
make a duplicate or duplicates of; triplicate
reproduce threefold; quadruplicate
reproduce fourfold; reissue, reprint
print anew; photocopy, run off, xerox
reproduce by xerography; play back, replay
reproduce (a recording) on a recorder; copy, imitate, simulate
reproduce someone's behavior or looks; fingerprint
take an impression of a person's fingerprints; print
make into a print; conform to, follow
behave in accordance or in agreement with; mock
imitate with mockery and derision; copy, replicate
reproduce or make an exact copy of; recapitulate
repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life; geminate, reduplicate
form by reduplication; microcopy
photocopy printed or other graphic matter so that it is reduced in size; photostat
make a copy by means of a Photostat device; take off
mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner; mime, mimic
imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect; model, pattern
plan or create according to a model or models; follow, take after
imitate in behavior; take as a model; lithograph
make by lithography; silkscreen
print by silkscreen; stencil
mark or print with a stencil; engrave, etch
carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; etch
make an etching of; emulate
strive to equal or match, especially by imitating

Type of:: create, make, produce
create or manufacture a man-made product

v recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc.

“this DVD player reproduces the sound of the piano very well”

“He reproduced the feeling of sadness in the portrait”

Types:: catch, get
apprehend and reproduce accurately

Type of:: re-create
form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind

v have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant

Synonyms:: multiply, procreate

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; propagate
multiply sexually or asexually; fructify, set
bear fruit; breed, multiply
have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); brood, cover, hatch, incubate
sit on (eggs); vegetate
propagate asexually; pullulate
breed freely and abundantly

Type of:: create, make
make or cause to be or to become

v repeat after memorization

Synonyms:: regurgitate

Type of:: echo, repeat
to say again or imitate

v make a copy or equivalent of

v recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc.

v have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant

v repeat after memorization

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reproduce

v make a copy or equivalent of

v recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc.

v have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant

v repeat after memorization

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