reproduce
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
to produce babies or new young plants.
to produce offspring or new organisms by a sexual or asexual process.
Simple“Most mammals reproduce by giving birth to live young rather than laying eggs.”
In context“The virus requires a host cell to reproduce, hijacking the cellular machinery to create thousands of copies of its own genetic material.”
- 02 B2 Upper Intermediate
to make a copy of a picture, a sound, or a piece of writing.
to produce a copy or representation of something, such as an image, sound, or document.
Simple“The colors in the book do not reproduce the original painting very well.”
In context“Modern high-fidelity speakers are designed to reproduce the nuances of a live orchestral performance with remarkable accuracy.”
- 03 C1 Advanced
to make something happen again in the same way.
to cause something to happen again or to repeat a specific result, often in a scientific or experimental context.
Simple“Other scientists were unable to reproduce the results of the first experiment.”
In context“The researchers struggled to reproduce the initial findings under controlled laboratory conditions, leading to questions about the original study's methodology.”
“Only one individual or a small number of individuals reproduce, while the others serve as workers.”
“The Stanford study raises an important question: Has AI learned general rules about how phage genomes work, or has it simply learned enough about one unusually small and well-understood phage to reproduce successfully?”
From re- + produce.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.