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repro

UK/ˈɹiːpɹəʊ/US/ˈɹipɹoʊ/

repro noun: the proof prepared in offset printing, with all elements positioned on the page. Also the clipping of reproduction.

Noun

repro (countable and uncountable, plural repros)

  1. The proof prepared in offset printing, with all elements positioned on the page.
    • This reproduction proof, commonly called the repro, is sent to the designer for pasting on to the mechanical.1982, David Gates, Graphic Design Studio Procedures, page 124
    • This will be a complete image of the advertisement, with all the elements correctly positioned and every word of copy printed and pasted down; such printed type (called 'repro') is obtained from a blockmaking and typesetting house by the typographer in exactly the same way that he will obtain the...2013, W. A. Evans, Advertising Today and Tomorrow
  2. (informal) A method for reproducing a bug or problem.
    • Here's a simple repro that illustrates what I'm seeing...2014, S, “Memory bloat in Celery worker (with minimal repro)”, in celery-users mailing list

Verb

repro (third-person singular simple present repros, present participle reproing, simple past and past participle reproed)

  1. (informal) To reproduce (a bug or problem).
    • We cannot repro the bug in the latest version, so we are marking it as fixed.

Also used as

repro is also the clipping of reproduction.

repro is also the clipping of reprography.

Forms of repro

Noun
pluralrepros
Verb
third-person singular presentrepros
present participlereproing
past participlereproed
pastreproed

Origin of repro

Shortening.

Words formed from repro

Questions about repro

What does repro mean?
Repro means the proof prepared in offset printing, with all elements positioned on the page.
What part of speech is repro?
Repro can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce repro?
Repro is pronounced /ˈɹiːpɹəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of repro?
The plural of repro is repros.

Words near repro in the dictionary

  1. repriving
  2. reprize
  3. reprized
  4. reprizes
  5. reprizing
  6. repro
  7. repro-
  8. reproable
  9. reproach
  10. reproachable
  11. reproachableness

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