reproduction
Pluralreproductions (some meanings)
- 1The way living things make new living things of their own kind.
Like a plant making seeds that grow into new plants.
Reproduction lets plants and animals make new life.
Many animals depend on reproduction to keep their species alive.
Similarprocreation, breeding, propagation, multiplication
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- 2A copy of a picture, painting, or other work.
Like a photo of a painting instead of the real painting.
She hung a cheap reproduction of a famous painting in the hallway.
The museum sells a reproduction of the ancient vase in its gift shop.
Similarcopy, replica, facsimile, print, imitation
Oppositeoriginal
- 3The act of making copies of something like a book, picture, or document.
Like using a copy machine to make many of the same page.
Reproduction of the report took all afternoon at the copy shop.
The reproduction of these documents is not allowed without permission.
Similarcopying, duplication, replication, reprinting
- 4A way to make a computer bug happen again so people can fix it.
Like the exact recipe that makes the same mistake happen every time.
Without a clear reproduction, the team could not find the bug.
She wrote down a simple reproduction so others could see the error too.
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Origin
It comes from re- added to the word production.