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{
"term": "reproduce",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "reproduce",
"heSheIt": "reproduces"
},
"pastSimple": "reproduced",
"pastParticiple": "reproduced",
"ingForm": "reproducing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to make a copy of a picture, piece of text, etc.",
"sensetop": "reproduce something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It is illegal to reproduce these worksheets without permission from the publisher."
},
{
"text": "The photocopier reproduces colours very well."
},
{
"text": "This material can be reproduced without payment."
},
{
"text": "All illustrations are reproduced by kind permission of the Mercury Gallery."
},
{
"text": "It is difficult to reproduce a signature exactly."
},
{
"text": "Photographs can be easily reproduced with a negative."
},
{
"text": "The article may not be reproduced without written permission of the author."
},
{
"text": "The colours can be reproduced fairly accurately."
},
{
"text": "The interview is reproduced by courtesy of ‘Attitude’."
},
{
"text": "The map is reproduced here from a 19th-century original."
},
{
"text": "The painting is reproduced here by courtesy of the Tate Gallery."
},
{
"text": "The painting is reproduced very accurately."
},
{
"text": "The photos are beautifully reproduced."
},
{
"text": "These works were popular and widely reproduced."
},
{
"text": "They do not reproduce well in print."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["accurately", "exactly", "faithfully"],
"verb + reproduce": ["be able to", "can", "be unable to"],
"preposition": ["from"],
"phrases": [
"an attempt to reproduce something",
"beautifully reproduced",
"reproduced (by) courtesy of somebody/something"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to produce something very similar to something else in a different medium or context; to make something happen again in the same way",
"sensetop": "reproduce something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The atmosphere of the novel is successfully reproduced in the movie."
},
{
"text": "Unfortunately, he was never able to reproduce this level of performance in a competition."
},
{
"text": "I was able to reproduce the same results with subsequent tests."
},
{
"text": "The book's characters are faithfully reproduced in the film."
},
{
"text": "The computer program reproduces the effects of earthquakes on buildings."
},
{
"text": "Writing grew out of an attempt to reproduce speech in a permanent form."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["accurately", "exactly", "faithfully"],
"verb + reproduce": ["be able to", "can", "be unable to"],
"preposition": ["from"],
"phrases": [
"an attempt to reproduce something",
"beautifully reproduced",
"reproduced (by) courtesy of somebody/something"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "if people, plants, animals, etc. reproduce or reproduce themselves, they produce young",
"sensetop": "reproduce itself",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Most reptiles reproduce by laying eggs on land."
},
{
"text": "cells reproducing themselves *(= making new ones)*",
"contextForm": "reproduce itself"
},
{
"text": "Many single cell organisms reproduce by splitting in two."
},
{
"text": "The salmon would begin reproducing naturally."
},
{
"text": "a frog species successfully reproducing"
},
{
"text": "These cells reproduce themselves every twenty minutes."
},
{
"text": "The offspring have to be able to reproduce in their turn."
}
],
"topics": ["Biology"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["asexually", "sexually", "naturally"],
"verb + reproduce": ["be able to", "be likely to", "can"],
"preposition": ["by"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌriːprəˈdjuːs/",
"audio": "re/reproduce/reproduce__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌriːprəˈdjuːsɪz/",
"audio": "re/reproduce/reproduces__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌriːprəˈdjuːst/",
"audio": "re/reproduce/reproduced__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌriːprəˈdjuːsɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/reproduce/reproducing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌriːprəˈduːs/",
"audio": "re/reproduce/reproduce__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌriːprəˈduːsɪz/",
"audio": "re/reproduce/reproduces__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌriːprəˈduːst/",
"audio": "re/reproduce/reproduced__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌriːprəˈduːsɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/reproduce/reproducing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}