- [uncountable] the act or process of producing babies, young animals or plants
- sexual reproduction
- They are studying reproduction in shellfish.
Extra ExamplesTopics Biologyc1- successful reproduction in birds
- advanced techniques for assisted reproduction
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- animal
- human
- plant
- …
- occur
- take place
- a method of reproduction
- [uncountable] the act or process of producing copies of a document, book, picture, etc.
- Use a black pen on white paper to ensure good reproduction.
Extra Examples- the mass reproduction of images
- the age of mechanical reproduction
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accurate
- faithful
- good-quality
- …
- give
- provide
- ensure
- …
- [uncountable] the quality of recorded sound
- Digital recording gives excellent sound reproduction.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accurate
- faithful
- good-quality
- …
- give
- provide
- ensure
- …
- [countable] a thing that has been reproduced, especially a copy of a work of art
- They have a catalogue with colour reproductions of the paintings for sale.
- reproduction furniture (= furniture made as a copy of an earlier style)
Extra ExamplesTopics Artc1- an exact reproduction of an ancient building
- reproductions of well-known old-master paintings
- digital reproductions of masterworks
- a reproduction from an old book
- The quality of a photographic reproduction decreases with time.
- a publisher of fine-art reproductions
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- exact
- excellent
- faithful
- …
- antique
- furniture
- reproduction from
- reproduction of
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