{
    "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
}