reproduce
[verb]
Synonyms:
- copy, duplicate, echo, imitate, match, mirror, recreate, repeat, replicate
- breed, multiply, procreate, propagate, spawn

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English Thesaurus: copy, photocopy, reproduce, forge, pirate, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

re‧pro‧duce /ˌriːprəˈdjuːs $ -ˈduːs/ verb
[Word Family: noun: produce, producer, product, production, reproduction, productivity; adjective: productive ≠ unproductive, counterproductive, reproductive, reproducible; verb: produce, reproduce; adverb: productively]

1. [intransitive and transitive] if an animal or plant reproduces, or reproduces itself, it produces young plants or animals:
The turtles return to the coast to reproduce.

2. [transitive] to make a photograph or printed copy of something:
Klimt’s artwork is reproduced in this exquisite book.

3. [transitive] to make something happen in the same way as it happened before Synonym : repeat ⇒ copy:
British scientists have so far been unable to reproduce these results.

4. [transitive] to make something that is just like something else ⇒ copy:
With a good set of speakers, you can reproduce the orchestra’s sound in your own home.
—reproducible adjective

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

reproduce
verb
I. produce a copy of sth; produce sth again
ADV. accurately, exactly, faithfully The colours can be reproduced fairly accurately. The book's characters are faithfully reproduced in the film.
merely, simply In her own work she simply reproduces the very conventions that she claims to despise.
VERB + REPRODUCE be able to, can/could | be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to It is difficult to reproduce a signature exactly.
PREP. from The map is reproduced here from a Victorian original.
PHRASES an attempt to reproduce sth Writing grew out of an attempt to reproduce speech in a permanent form.
reproduced by courtesy/permission of sb/sth The painting is reproduced here by courtesy of the Tate Gallery.
widely reproduced These works were popular and widely reproduced.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

reproduce
II. produce young
ADV. asexually, sexually
VERB + REPRODUCE be able to, can/could The offspring have to be able to reproduce in their turn.
fail to
PREP. by Many single cell organisms reproduce by splitting in two.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

copy to deliberately make or produce something that is exactly like another thing:
You could copy the files onto a CD.
Many people have tried to copy his paintings.
photocopy to copy a piece of paper with writing or pictures on it, using a machine:
I’ll photocopy the letter and give it to you.
reproduce to print a copy of a picture or document, especially in a book or newspaper:
The image has been reproduced in many magazines and newspapers around the world.
forge to illegally copy something written or printed:
He forged my signature.
forged £10 notes
pirate to illegally copy and sell something such as a book, video, DVD, or computer program:
The survey suggests that 27% of software in the UK has been pirated.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

thief someone who steals things:
Car thieves have been working in the area.
The thieves stole over £5,000 worth of jewellery.
robber someone who steals money or valuable things from a bank, shop etc – used especially when someone sees the person who is stealing:
a masked robber armed with a shotgun
They were the most successful bank robbers in US history.
burglar someone who goes into people’s homes in order to steal:
The burglars broke in through a window.
shoplifter someone who takes things from shops without paying for them:
The cameras have helped the store catch several shoplifters.
pickpocket someone who steals things from people’s pockets, especially in a crowd:
A sign warned that pickpockets were active in the station.
conman/fraudster someone who deceives people in order to get money or things:
Conmen tricked the woman into giving them her savings, as an ‘investment’.
forger someone who illegally copies official documents, money, artworks etc:
a forger who fooled museum curators
counterfeiter someone who illegally copies money, official documents, or goods:
Counterfeiters in Colombia are printing almost perfect dollar bills.
pirate someone who illegally copies and sells another person’s work:
DVD pirates
mugger someone who attacks and robs people in public places:
Muggers took his money and mobile phone.
murderer someone who deliberately kills someone else:
His murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment.
the murderer of civil rights activist Medgar Evers
He is a mass murderer (=someone who kills a large number of people).
serial killer someone who kills several people, one after the other over a period of time, in a similar way:
Shipman was a trusted family doctor who became Britain's worst serial killer.
rapist someone who forces someone else to have sex:
Some rapists drug their victims so that they become unconscious.
sex offender someone who is guilty of a crime related to sex:
Too many sex offenders are released from prison early.
vandal someone who deliberately damages public property:
Vandals broke most of the school’s windows.
arsonist someone who deliberately sets fire to a building:
The warehouse fire may have been the work of an arsonist.
copy to deliberately make or produce something that is exactly like another thing:
You could copy the files onto a CD.
Many people have tried to copy his paintings.
photocopy to copy a piece of paper with writing or pictures on it, using a machine:
I’ll photocopy the letter and give it to you.
reproduce to print a copy of a picture or document, especially in a book or newspaper:
The image has been reproduced in many magazines and newspapers around the world.
forge to illegally copy something written or printed:
He forged my signature.
forged £10 notes

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