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reproduce

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re‧pro‧duce
1 [intransitive and transitive]HBMB 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]TCNTCP 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 [= 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
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