produce
Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (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/
Verb

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