reproduction

reproduction
noun
1 producing babies/animals/plants
ADJECTIVE
▪ animal, human, plant
▪ biological
▪ asexual, sexual
▪ artificial, assisted
▪

advanced techniques for assisted reproduction

▪ natural
▪ successful
▪

successful reproduction in birds

REPRODUCTION + VERB
▪ occur, take place
PHRASES
▪ a method of reproduction
2 act/process of producing a copy/recording
ADJECTIVE
▪ accurate, faithful, good-quality, high-quality, quality
▪ colour/color, digital, mechanical, photographic, sound
▪

the age of mechanical reproduction

▪

Using a wide tape gives better quality sound reproduction.

▪ mass
▪

the mass reproduction of images

VERB + REPRODUCTION
▪ give, provide
▪ ensure
▪

The craftsmen have ensured faithful reproduction of the original painting.

3 sth that has been reproduced
ADJECTIVE
▪ exact, excellent, faithful, good, perfect
▪

an exact reproduction of an ancient building

▪ large
▪ black-and-white, colour/color
▪ digital, mechanical, photographic
▪

digital reproductions of masterworks

▪

Like so many artists of his generation, he was critical of mechanical reproduction.

▪

The quality of a photographic reproduction decreases with time.

▪ art, fine-art
▪

a publisher of fine-art reproductions

REPRODUCTION + NOUN
▪ antique, furniture (= made as a copy of an earlier style)
PREPOSITION
▪ reproduction from
▪

a reproduction from an old book

▪ reproduction of
▪

reproductions of well-known old-master paintings


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