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reproduce

[ree-pruh-doos, -dyoos] / ˌri prəˈdus, -ˈdyus /
VERB
make more copies of
Synonyms
STRONGEST
clone copy duplicate emulate imitate mirror photocopy portray print recreate reflect repeat replicate reprint
STRONG
Photostat Xerox dupe echo engross follow manifold match mimeo mimeograph parallel photograph pirate reawaken recount redo reduplicate reenact relive remake represent revive stereotype transcribe type
WEAK
carbon do again knock off restamp
Antonyms
STRONGEST
be original
WEAK
abort destroy kill stop
VERB
make something new; give birth
Synonyms
STRONGEST
breed hatch multiply proliferate propagate spawn
STRONG
bear beget engender father fecundate generate impregnate mother procreate sire
WEAK
produce young progenerate repopulate
Antonyms
STRONGEST
decrease destroy
STRONG
kill
WEAK
abort stop

Example Sentences

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They annihilated France but couldn't reproduce anything like that performance in Dublin.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Is this land that should be funneled into big, private development projects, in a way that might reproduce the same systems?

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

The pair, formally known as A1 and A0, are the oldest birds from their release cohort at nearly 7 years old — and the only ones old enough to reproduce.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

At higher elevations, many nematode species reproduce asexually.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

If only she could reproduce the clear light of a summers morning, the sensations of a child standing at a window, the curve and dip of a swallows flight over a pool of water.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.