Reproducing: meaning, definitions and examples

As above (this is likely a duplicate in the list).

• Reproducing ancient artifacts is a delicate process.
• The artist focused on reproducing famous paintings with accuracy.

Commonly used in the context of controlled reproduction, often related to animals or plants, managed by humans.

• Dog breeding requires a lot of care and knowledge.
• The farm specializes in breeding rare plants.

Used mainly in formal or semi-formal contexts to describe the process of creating offspring, usually in a human context.

• They decided it was time to start procreating.
• Some species procreate at a certain time of year.

Often used in mathematical contexts or informal situations to describe rapid increase in number, not limited to biological contexts.

• The bacteria are multiplying rapidly in the petri dish.
• His problems keep multiplying.

Use 'duplicate' mostly in formal or technical contexts when emphasizing the exactness or completeness of a reproduction. It can sometimes have a nuanced suggestion of redundancy.

• The company needs to duplicate these keys for all employees.
• Please duplicate the report and keep one for your records.
• She noticed that the document was a duplicate of the original.

Use 'copy' in general contexts to indicate creating one or more duplicates of an object, text, or data, often implying a simpler or mechanical process.

• Please copy this document and distribute it among the team.
• He copied the file to his USB drive.
• The student made a copy of her notes for her classmate.

Utilize 'replicate' primarily in scientific and technical contexts to stress the process of exact copying or reproduction, especially for experiments and research.

• Researchers are trying to replicate the study in different conditions.
• The software can replicate the database across multiple servers.
• They were able to replicate the cell growth in the lab.