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Collocations for reproduce - verb

1. produce a copy of sth; produce sth again

ADVERB

accurately, exactly, faithfully
The painting is reproduced very accurately.
The book's characters are faithfully reproduced in the movie.
well
They do not reproduce well in print.
easily
Photographs can be easily reproduced with a negative.
merely, simply
In her own work she simply reproduces the very conventions that she claims to despise.

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VERB + reproduce

be able to, can
be unable to
be easy to, be possible to
be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to
It is difficult to reproduce a signature exactly.

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PREPOSITION

from
The map is reproduced here from a 19th-century original.

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PHRASES

an attempt to reproduce sth
Writing grew out of an attempt to reproduce speech in a permanent form.
beautifully reproduced
The photos are beautifully reproduced.
reproduced (by) courtesy of sb/sth
The painting is reproduced here courtesy of the National Gallery.
The interview is reproduced by courtesy of ‘Attitude’.
reproduced with sb's permission, reproduced without sb's permission
The article may not be reproduced without written permission of the author.
widely reproduced
These works were popular and widely reproduced.

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2. produce young

ADVERB

asexually, sexually
naturally
The salmon would begin reproducing naturally.
successfully
a frog species successfully reproducing

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VERB + reproduce

be able to, be likely to, can
The offspring have to be able to reproduce in their turn.
be unable to, fail to

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PREPOSITION

by
Many single cell organisms reproduce by splitting in two.

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Reproduce is used with these nouns as the object:
image, painting

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