reproduce

verb

re·pro·duce | \ ˌrē-prə-ˈdüs

, -ˈdyüs\

reproduced; reproducing; reproduces

Definition of reproduce

transitive verb

: to produce again: such as

a : to produce (new individuals of the same kind) by a sexual or asexual process

b : to cause to exist again or anew reproduce water from steam

c : to imitate closely sound-effects can reproduce the sound of thunder

d : to present again

e : to make a representation (such as an image or copy) of reproduce a face on canvas

f : to revive mentally : recall

g : to translate (a recording) into sound

intransitive verb

1 : to undergo reproduction

2 : to produce offspring

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Other Words from reproduce

reproducer noun

reproducibility \ ˌrē-prə-ˌdü-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē

, -ˌdyü- \ noun

reproducible \ ˌrē-prə-ˈdü-sə-bəl

, -ˈdyü- \ adjective or noun

reproducibly \ ˌrē-prə-ˈdü-sə-blē

\ adverb

Examples of reproduce in a Sentence

The concert will be reproduced on compact disc. Sound effects can reproduce the sound of thunder. They haven't been able to reproduce the results of the first experiment. Salmon return to the stream to reproduce offspring. The virus is able to reproduce itself very rapidly.

Recent Examples on the Web

Keeping the cats and kittens from reproducing will help ease your burden greatly. — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, "Rodeo woman’s family thinks she’s courting trouble feeding feral cats," 5 Aug. 2019 Never mind two devastating world wars; in the previous century, America was a bastion of the eugenics movement, which worked to prevent people deemed genetically unfit from reproducing -- by forced sterilization and other means. — David Holahan, USA TODAY, "'Gods of the Upper Air': How renegade anthropologists studied, celebrated 'the other'," 5 Aug. 2019 Other bees, responsible for cleaning, will remove the larva from the hive, preventing the mite from reproducing. — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, "Breeders toughen up bees to resist deadly mites," 25 July 2019 And releasing mosquitoes infected with a bacterial strain not found in wild mosquitoes would stop them from reproducing. — Washington Post, "Scientists find new way to kill disease-carrying mosquitoes," 17 July 2019 That policy shift was swiftly reproduced at other stores, including Kroger, CVS, Walgreens and Wegmans. — NBC News, "145 businesses signed the gun control letter — but many more didn't," 12 Sep. 2019 When making the resin versions of the keepsakes, Quick would usually reproduce just part of an object. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "New Americans Museum exhibit tells San Diego’s stories — one keepsake at a time," 10 Sep. 2019 There’s also something new: the AMD Monitoring SDK, designed to provide a framework for public reporting on various processor metrics, essentially reproducing the informal processor speed survey that helped unearth the original boost issue. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "AMD issues updated BIOS to fix Ryzen boost bug, promising up to 50MHz more boost," 10 Sep. 2019 Additionally, this type of catalyst can be reproduced at a much larger scale. — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, "Here's a Machine That Turns Carbon Dioxide Into Liquid Fuel," 4 Sep. 2019

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