reproduce
re|pro|duce /r'iːprədj'uːs, AM -d'uːs/ (reproduces reproducing reproduced)
1 [VERB] V n, V n
If you try to reproduce something, you try to copy it.
I shall not try to reproduce the policemen's English...
The effect has proved hard to reproduce.
2 [VERB] V n
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.
3 [VERB] V n
If you reproduce an action or an achievement, you repeat it.
If we can reproduce the form we have shown in the last couple of months we will be successful.
= repeat
4 [VERB] V, V pron-refl
When people, animals, or plants reproduce, they produce young.
...a society where women are defined by their ability to reproduce...
We are reproducing ourselves at such a rate that our numbers threaten the ecology of the planet.
● reproduction [N-UNCOUNT]
Genes are those tiny bits of biological information swapped in sexual reproduction.
1 [VERB] V n, V n
If you try to reproduce something, you try to copy it.
I shall not try to reproduce the policemen's English...
The effect has proved hard to reproduce.
2 [VERB] V n
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.
3 [VERB] V n
If you reproduce an action or an achievement, you repeat it.
If we can reproduce the form we have shown in the last couple of months we will be successful.
= repeat
4 [VERB] V, V pron-refl
When people, animals, or plants reproduce, they produce young.
...a society where women are defined by their ability to reproduce...
We are reproducing ourselves at such a rate that our numbers threaten the ecology of the planet.
● reproduction [N-UNCOUNT]
Genes are those tiny bits of biological information swapped in sexual reproduction.