Meaning of reproduce In English

• 0 to produce a copy of something, or to be copied in a production process:

  • His work was reproduced on leaflets and magazines.

  • They said the printing was too faint to reproduce well.

  • The new design unfortunately reproduced some of the problems of the earlier model.

• 1 When living things reproduce, they produce young plants, animals, etc.:

  • These plants can reproduce sexually and asexually.

  • Some creatures were better at surviving and reproducing themselves than others.

• 2 (of living things) to produce a new living thing of the same type as itself

• 3 to produce a copy of something, or to show or do something again:

  • [ T ] The design was reproduced on T-shirts.