Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of reproducing new individuals biologically.

    Fortpflanzung, Reproduktion

    размноже́ниеrazmnožénije

    розмно́женняrozmnóžennja, репроду́кціяreprodúkcija, відтво́ренняvidtvórennja

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of making copies.

    Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited.

    відтво́ренняvidtvórennja

    the act of making copies

  3. (countable, uncountable)A copy of something, as in a piece of art; a duplicate.

    Jim was proud of the Rembrandt reproduction he owned.

    ко́пияkópija, репроду́кцияreprodúkcija, копи́рованиеkopírovanije

  4. (countable, uncountable)A method for reproducing a bug or problem.

Examples

18 sentences
  1. Reproduction does not interest me.

    Розмноження мене не цікавить. — deniko

    ruРазмножение меня не интересует. — Ooneykcall

  2. He has attempted no slavishly literal reproduction.

  3. Mating can be more about companionship than reproduction.

    ruСовокупление может быть связано больше с близостью, чем с воспроизводством. — Ooneykcall

  4. Artificial insemination uses sperm to help in reproduction.

  5. Interspecies aggression is oriented towards goals related to reproduction.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation:
Русский
By meaning 2
the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation:
a duplicate:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation:

Forms

plural: reproductions
Singularreproduction
Pluralreproductions

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
sense 1:procreation
senses 2, 3, 4:repro
Close in meaning
  • the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring:procreationbreedingfacts of life
  • the act of making copies:replication
  • recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall:reproductive memory
  • copy that is not the original; something that has been copied:replicareplication

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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