# reproduce

Pronunciation: US say "ree-pruh-DOOS" /ˌɹi.pɹəˈdus/; UK say "ree-pruh-DYOOS" /ˌɹiː.pɹəˈdjuːs/

## Verb

1. To make an image or copy of something.
   - Simple: To make a copy or picture of something.
   - _Modern scanners reproduce fine artwork with remarkable accuracy._
   - _The book reproduces several letters from the original archive._
2. To generate offspring or new organisms, either sexually or asexually.
   - Simple: To make young or new living things, by mating or on its own.
   - _Most amphibians reproduce in water during the wet season._
   - _The herd reproduced enough calves to double its size._
3. To produce or create something again, recreating its earlier form or effect.
   - Simple: To make something happen or exist again, just as before.
   - _The lab failed to reproduce the controversial results._
   - _Her staging reproduces the energy of the original performance._
4. To call something back to mind; to recall it.
   - Simple: To bring something back into your mind and remember it.
   - _Witnesses rarely reproduce events exactly as they happened._
   - _She could reproduce long passages of text after a single reading._

## Origin

Formed from the prefix "re-" combined with "produce."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/reproduce (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).