Meaning of "reproduce" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF REPRODUCE

reproduce  [ˌriːprəˈdjuːs]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REPRODUCE

Reproduce is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb reproduce in English.

WHAT DOES REPRODUCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Reproduction

Reproduction is the biological process by which new "offspring" individual organisms are produced from their "parents". Reproduction is a fundamental feature of all known life; each individual organism exists as the result of reproduction. The known methods of reproduction are broadly grouped into two main types: sexual and asexual. In asexual reproduction, an individual can reproduce without involvement with another individual of that species. The division of a bacterial cell into two daughter cells is an example of asexual reproduction. Asexual reproduction is not, however, limited to single-celled organisms. Most plants have the ability to reproduce asexually and the ant species Mycocepurus smithii is thought to reproduce entirely by asexual means. Sexual reproduction typically requires the involvement of two individuals or gametes, one each from opposite type of sex. The propagation of organisms can also occur through cloning.

Definition of reproduce in the English dictionary

The first definition of reproduce in the dictionary is to make a copy, representation, or imitation of; duplicate. Other definition of reproduce is to undergo or cause to undergo a process of reproduction. Reproduce is also to produce or exhibit again.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO REPRODUCE

PRESENT

Present

I reproduce

you reproduce

he/she/it reproduces

we reproduce

you reproduce

they reproduce

Present continuous

I am reproducing

you are reproducing

he/she/it is reproducing

we are reproducing

you are reproducing

they are reproducing

Present perfect

I have reproduced

you have reproduced

he/she/it has reproduced

we have reproduced

you have reproduced

they have reproduced

Present perfect continuous

I have been reproducing

you have been reproducing

he/she/it has been reproducing

we have been reproducing

you have been reproducing

they have been reproducing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I reproduced

you reproduced

he/she/it reproduced

we reproduced

you reproduced

they reproduced

Past continuous

I was reproducing

you were reproducing

he/she/it was reproducing

we were reproducing

you were reproducing

they were reproducing

Past perfect

I had reproduced

you had reproduced

he/she/it had reproduced

we had reproduced

you had reproduced

they had reproduced

Past perfect continuous

I had been reproducing

you had been reproducing

he/she/it had been reproducing

we had been reproducing

you had been reproducing

they had been reproducing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will reproduce

you will reproduce

he/she/it will reproduce

we will reproduce

you will reproduce

they will reproduce

Future continuous

I will be reproducing

you will be reproducing

he/she/it will be reproducing

we will be reproducing

you will be reproducing

they will be reproducing

Future perfect

I will have reproduced

you will have reproduced

he/she/it will have reproduced

we will have reproduced

you will have reproduced

they will have reproduced

Future perfect continuous

I will have been reproducing

you will have been reproducing

he/she/it will have been reproducing

we will have been reproducing

you will have been reproducing

they will have been reproducing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would reproduce

you would reproduce

he/she/it would reproduce

we would reproduce

you would reproduce

they would reproduce

Conditional continuous

I would be reproducing

you would be reproducing

he/she/it would be reproducing

we would be reproducing

you would be reproducing

they would be reproducing

Conditional perfect

I would have reproduce

you would have reproduce

he/she/it would have reproduce

we would have reproduce

you would have reproduce

they would have reproduce

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been reproducing

you would have been reproducing

he/she/it would have been reproducing

we would have been reproducing

you would have been reproducing

they would have been reproducing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you reproduce
we let´s reproduce
you reproduce

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to reproduce

Past participle

reproduced

Present Participle

reproducing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «REPRODUCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «reproduce» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of reproduce

breed · copy · duplicate · echo · emulate · generate · imitate · match · mirror · multiply · parallel · photocopy · photostat · print · procreate · proliferate · propagate · recreate · replicate · represent · spawn · transcribe

TRANSLATION OF REPRODUCE

Find out the translation of reproduce to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of reproduce from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «reproduce» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 复制
• Translator English - Spanish: reproducir
• English: reproduce
• Translator English - Hindi: पुन: पेश
• Translator English - Arabic: إنتاج
• Translator English - Russian: воспроизвести
• Translator English - Portuguese: reproduzir
• Translator English - Bengali: নকল করা
• Translator English - French: reproduire
• Translator English - Malay: Membiak
• Translator English - German: reproduzieren
• Translator English - Japanese: 再現する
• Translator English - Korean: 복제하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Ngasilake
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sinh sản
• Translator English - Tamil: இனப்பெருக்கம்
• Translator English - Marathi: पुनरुत्पादन
• Translator English - Turkish: çoğaltmak
• Translator English - Italian: riprodurre
• Translator English - Polish: reprodukować
• Translator English - Ukrainian: відтворити
• Translator English - Romanian: reproduce
• Translator English - Greek: αναπαράγει
• Translator English - Afrikaans: weergee
• Translator English - Swedish: reproducera
• Translator English - Norwegian: reprodusere

10 QUOTES WITH «REPRODUCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word reproduce.

1

Ron Ben-Israel

For months I've been working on creating techniques to reproduce Swarovski crystals in sugar using the real stones to guide me.

2

Catherine Drinker Bowen

If art has a purpose, it is to interpret life, reproduce it in fresh visions.

3

Emanuel Celler

The rate of population growth in the United States is slightly below that required to reproduce itself.

4

Jeff Dunham

The only way a ventriloquist speaks differently is that he forgoes using his or her lips, and learns to reproduce sounds using the tongue, upper palate, and teeth only. Those 'difficult' letters are B, F, M, P, V, W, and Y.

5

John Dykstra

Once the image was in the digital environment, one of the problems was, we had no means to reproduce the color spectrum, grey scale, and contrast that film produces, without converting the digital file to film, evaluating it, then going back and changing the digital image.

6

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

In order to predict effectively, we need to use science. And the reason that we need to use science is because then we can reproduce what we're doing; it's not just wisdom or guesswork. And if we can predict, then we can engineer the future.

7

Hermann Ebbinghaus

Ideas which have been developed simultaneously or in immediate succession in the same mind mutually reproduce each other, and do this with greater ease in the direction of the original succession and with a certainty proportional to the frequency with which they were together.

8

Brian Eno

My kind of composing is more like the work of a gardener. The gardener takes his seeds and scatters them, knowing what he is planting but not quite what will grow where and when - and he won't necessarily be able to reproduce it again afterwards either.

9

Robert Fitzgerald

Of course the other and more serious way in which it all happens is that one finds in poems and language some quality one appropriates for oneself and wishes to reproduce.

10

Louis Garrel

I'm not a singer, so I reproduce a little bit what I see on television and what I listen to on the radio. I don't have self-control, really, so I didn't want to sing like Mariah Carey.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REPRODUCE»

Discover the use of reproduce in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to reproduce and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Planting Churches That Reproduce: Starting a Network of ...

Small group leaders need a power boost to make small group ministry relevant and exciting. The second priority of this book is to help the facilitator identify and mobilize each small group member to use his or her own spiritual gifts.

Joel Thomas Comiskey, 2008

Power at Work: How Employees Reproduce the Corporate Machine

This book explores a range of questions, including: Do employees who are treated as machines become machines? How do they cope with work that regards them as less than human? Do managers dream of electric staff?

Darren McCabe, 2007

After a Fashion: How to Reproduce, Restore, and Wear Vintage ...

After a Fashion covers medieval through Art Deco styles, for men and women.

Frances Grimble, 1998

Challenging Times: The Women's Movement in Canada and the ...

Feminists need to think well about what we mean when making claims for reproductive rights. For these reasons, then, the idea of a reproductive right is in need of close and careful analysis. THE RIGHT NOT TO REPRODUCE In my writings ...

Constance Backhouse, David H. Flaherty, 1992

Adapting Minds: Evolutionary Psychology and the Persistent ...

Fitness, as it is most commonly characterized, is a measure of an organism's ability to survive and reproduce. Thus, if one organism is fitter, or has greater fitness, than another, the former has a greater ability to survive and reproduce than the ...

David J. Buller

Senseless Acts of Beauty: Cultures of Resistance Since the ...

The covers shown pp. 17 and 18 are from booklets published by Unique Publications, Glastonbury; thanks to Bruce Garrard for permission to reproduce them. The publicity poster p. 28 is from a compilation of Freek Press site letters, published ...

George McKay, 1996

Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and ...

All cells require nutrition and oxygen in order to live, and almost all cells have the ability to reproduce. Reproduction of cells is a controlled process so that cells die and form at an approximately equal rate in adults, maintaining a balance in the ...

Donna R. Falvo, 2005

Reproduce Y Rebélate

For everyone from eager politickers to the street art aficionado who knows there's more to the genre than just Banksy,Reproduce and Revoltcollects the work of dozens of important political artists from around the world.

Josh MacPhee, Favianna Rodriguez, 2008

A Holistic Approach to Rights: Affirmative Action, ...

Do we have a natural or moral right to reproduce, that is, do we have a right to create, in some fashion, children who carry some portion of our individual genetic code? If so, does that entail either that population control policies violate rights or  ...

Eugene Schlossberger, 2008

Squirrels: The Animal Answer Guide

Chapter. 6. Reproduction. and. Development. How. do. squirrels. reproduce? Reproduction in tree and flying squirrels. For many tree squirrels and flying squirrels, courtship involves a mating chase. One to many males are attracted to an ...

Richard W. Thorington, Jr., Katie E. Ferrell, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REPRODUCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term reproduce is used in the context of the following news items.

Aquatic Worm Species Can Inject Its Own Head With Sperm To …

While the hermaphroditic worm produces both eggs and sperm at once, it can also reproduce by mating with another individual, according to Discovery News. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

These Lonely Sharks Reproduce Without Sex, and Who Can Blame …

In the short run, reproducing this way can help stretch a species one more generation in the hopes that the offspring can come across some mates. But in the ... «Slate Magazine, Jun 15»

The Quest to Reproduce the World's Oldest Shipwreck Beer

Historic Beer 1843 was developed from a brew that spent more than a hundred and seventy years at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Credit PHOTOGRAPH BY ... «The New Yorker, May 15»

FOUR YEARS AFTER: Seismic device can reproduce any quake

To promote protection against natural disasters, Shimizu Corp. developed a device that can reproduce the vibrations of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded, ... «Asahi Shimbun, Mar 15»

UNESCO Seeks Osun's Permission to Adopt, Reproduce Opon Imo

UNESCO also requested to reproduce and adapt the educational learning resource material and content of Opon-imo to promote its educational programmes in ... «THISDAY Live, Feb 15»

Exposure to Common Type 2 Diabetes Could Change How Fish …

A drug commonly prescribed to treat diabetes in humans could change how fish in Lake Michigan reproduce, a new study suggests. Researchers from the ... «Patch.com, Jan 15»

Hackers Reproduce A German Politician's Fingerprint From Photos

A member of the Chaos Computer Club has shown how you can use photos to reconstruct a person's fingerprint — and to prove his point, he replicated the ... «io9, Dec 14»

Pat Robertson: Gays 'will die out because they don't reproduce'

“You know, those who are homosexual will die out because they don't reproduce,” he said. “You know, you have to have heterosexual sex to reproduce. «LGBTQ Nation, Dec 14»

WATCH: Gays Don't Reproduce, Will Die Out, Says Pat Robertson

“You know, those who are homosexual will die out because they don't reproduce,” he said. “You know, you have to have heterosexual sex to reproduce. «Advocate.com, Dec 14»

Japanese Institute Fails to Reproduce Results of Controversial Stem …

TOKYO—Japan's Riken research institute said Friday that efforts to reproduce results of what was once billed as a groundbreaking method of creating stem cells ... «Wall Street Journal, Dec 14»