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re·pro·duce

reproduce

 
 
pronunciation:
ri pr dus
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part of speech: verb
inflections: reproduces, reproducing, reproduced
definition 1: If you reproduce something, you make another thing that is exactly like it.
Andrea's mom tried to reproduce the pie that her grandmother made, but it just wasn't the same.
similar words:
copy
definition 2: When animals or plants reproduce, they make more animals and plants that are of the same kind as themselves.
Turtles reproduce by laying eggs.
similar words:
breed, multiply
derivations: reproducible (adj.), reproducer (n.), reproducibility (n.)
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some activities associated with reproducing