reproduces

Creates new copies

Reproduces is the act of creating copies or offspring.

Living things reproduce to continue their species: The virus reproduces rapidly in warm conditions.

Machines reproduce documents or sounds: This printer reproduces colors accurately.

To reproduce something is also to recreate or duplicate it: The artist reproduces old masters with remarkable skill.

If conditions or results reproduce, they occur again: The experiment failed to reproduce the original findings.

copies

duplicate

Exact replica of original

carbon copy · replica · clone · print · scan · transcribe · reprint · copy · recreate · imitate

biological

fertilization

Gamete fusion creating zygote

  • meiosisGamete-producing cell division
  • mitosisNuclear division producing identical cells
  • zygoteFirst embryonic cell

embryo · pollination · germination · spawning · conception · gestation · incubation · ovulation · gametes · ovum

recreates

simulate

Imitate through modeling

emulate · model · mimic · echo · capture · render · depict · portray · represent · imitate

multiplies

proliferate

Reproduce or spread swiftly

spread · amplify · multiply · escalate · accumulate · compound · exponential · double · triple · growth

offspring

procreation

Generating biological offspring

progeny · descendants · lineage · generation · sire · dam · beget · brood · litter · clutch

cycles

recurrence

Return of something previous

reoccurrence · periodicity · repetition · rhythm · pattern · continuity · perpetuation · succession · rotation · loop

Opposites
biological procreation

reproducesdies

Stops being alive

dies out · sterilizes · perishes · kills · exterminates

quantity/multiplication

reproducesdecreases

Grows smaller in amount

diminishes · reduces · dwindles · shrinks · depletes

copying/duplication

reproducesoriginates

Starts or arises from

destroys · creates · invents · erases · deletes

Phrases
Family

reproduce, reproduction, reproduced, reproducing, reproductive, reproducible, reproducibility, reproducer, reproducers

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