MEANING
1. Make a copy of something or create the same result again.
2. Produce new organisms through a biological reproductive process.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- reproduce a result
- reproduce an image
On the page
Independent teams could not reproduce the reported result.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- reproduce
- Past tense
- reproduced
- Past participle
- reproduced
- Present participle
- reproducing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- reproduce
- Present continuous
- am/is/are reproducing
- Present perfect
- have/has reproduced
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been reproducing
- Past
- reproduced
- Past continuous
- was/were reproducing
- Past perfect
- had reproduced
- Past perfect continuous
- had been reproducing
- Future
- will reproduce
- Future continuous
- will be reproducing
- Future perfect
- will have reproduced
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been reproducing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: reproduce; reproduces; reproduced; reproduced; reproducing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: reproduces.
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