Antonyms for reproduction

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ree-pruh-duhk-shuhn

Phonetic Transcription : ˌri prəˈdʌk ʃən

Definition of reproduction

Origin : 1650s, "act of forming again," noun of action from reproduce. Of generation of living things, from 1782; of sounds, from 1908. Meaning "a copy" is from 1807.

noun something duplicated; duplication

Example sentences :

But the reproduction is of brief duration; and it is speedily effaced or transformed.
Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson

A reproduction of a work of art, by the artist that made the original.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

This mode of reproduction is common to the great majority of plants.
Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley

But is this really a fair statement of the reproduction process?
Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley

In fact, the reproduction is as exact as possible in every detail.
Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various

The room was a reproduction of her own bedroom at home, only newer and more luxurious.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

No words, no reproduction, can hope to express the qualities of such a painting.
Extract from : « Holbein » by Beatrice Fortescue

Reproduction of the official badge super-imposed in green and gold.
Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America

It has been honoured by reproduction in facsimile in modern times.
Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various

At the town of Gilgit we have a reproduction in little of the valley of Srinagar.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 » by Various

Synonyms for reproduction

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