reproduce

Other forms of reproduce

past tense

reproduced·

present participle

reproducing·

third person

reproduces·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about reproduce

What does reproduce mean?

reproduce means "make a copy or equivalent of". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in reproduce?

reproduce has 3 syllables: re-pro-duce. The stress falls on "duce". In IPA it is /ˌɹipɹəˈdus/.

What is another word for reproduce?

Close synonyms include procreate, multiply, regurgitate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reproduce a common word?

reproduce is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with reproduce?

10 words rhyme with reproduce. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.