From Middle English produce, from Latin prōdūcō, from prō- ("forth, forward") + dūcō.

• (RP) enPR: prədyo͞osʹ, IPA: /pɹəˈdjuːs/, /pɹəˈd͡ʒuːs/
• (America) enPR: prədo͞osʹ, IPA: /pɹəˈdus/
• (RP) enPR: prŏd'yo͞os, IPA: /ˈpɹɒdjuːs/, /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒuːs/
• (America) IPA: /ˈpɹoʊ.dus/, /ˈpɹɑ.dus/
• (Canada) IPA: /ˈpɹɑ.dus/

produce (produces, present participle producing; simple past and past participle produced)

1. (transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
   • 1851, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume III, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC ↗:

     [chapter XIII, page 264 ↗:] […] the greatest jurist that his country had produced. […] [chapter XVI, page 644 ↗:] At Rome the news from Ireland produced a sensation of a very different kind.

2. (intransitive) To make or yield something.
3. (transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
4. (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
5. (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.

   to produce a side of a triangle

6. (obsolete) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong.
   • 1642, Tho[mas] Browne, “The First Part”, in Religio Medici. […], 4th edition, London: […] E. Cotes for Andrew Crook […], published 1656, →OCLC ↗, page 90 ↗:

     And truely there goes a great deale of providence to produce a mans life unto threeſcore; […]

7. (music) To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.

   highly produced sound

• (To yield, make or manufacture; to generate) bring forth, come up with
• (to provide for inspection) present, offer

• (antonym(s) of “to make or manufacture”): destroy, ruin

• French: produire
• German: produzieren, herstellen
• Italian: produrre, realizzare
• Portuguese: produzir
• Russian: производи́ть
• Spanish: producir

• German: vorlegen
• Italian: fornire

• German: produzieren
• Italian: produrre
• Spanish: realizar

produce (uncountable)

1. That which is produced.

   Synonyms: output, proceeds, product, yield

2. Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.
3. Offspring.
   • 1865, The Turf and the Racehorse:

     With regard to the mare that has proved herself of the first class during her racing career, let us contrast the probable success of her produce […]

4. (Australia) Livestock and pet food supplies.

• German: Produkt
• Italian: prodotto
• Portuguese: produção
• Spanish: producto, producción

• French: produits
• German: Obst und Gemüse, Ertrag
• Italian: prodotti
• Portuguese: produção, hortifrutigranjeiros, hortifrúti
• Spanish: cosecha