REPRODUCE


Meaning of REPRODUCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌrē-prə-ˈdüs, -ˈdyüs ]

Date: circa 1611

transitive verb

: to produce again: 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 (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

• re·pro·duc·er noun

• re·pro·duc·ibil·i·ty -ˌdü-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē, -ˌdyü- noun

• re·pro·duc·ible -ˈdü-sə-bəl, -ˈdyü- adjective or noun

• re·pro·duc·ibly -blē adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.