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   reproduction

   /ˌriːprəˈdʌkʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action or process of copying something: "the cost of colour reproduction in publication is high" Similar copyingduplicationduplicatingreplicationreplicatingphotocopyingxeroxingphotostattingprintingtranscriptioncloningforgingcounterfeiting
   • ▪ a copy of a work of art, especially a print or photograph of a painting: "a reproduction of Monet's ‘Wild Poppies’" Similar printcopyreprintduplicatereplicafacsimilecarbon copyphotocopymimeographmimeoimitationfakeforgerycounterfeitinformal:dupetrademark:Xeroxphotostatrare:ectypeOpposite original
   • ▪ made to imitate the style of an earlier period or of a particular craftsman: "reproduction French classical beds"
   • ▪ the quality of reproduced sound: "the design was changed to allow louder reproduction"
   • 2. the production of offspring by a sexual or asexual process: "toads converge upon lakes and ponds intent on reproduction" Similar breedingproducing youngprocreationmultiplyingpropagationproliferationspawning

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