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pro⋅duce

[v. pruh-doos, -dyoos; n. prod-oos, -yoos, proh-doos, -dyoos]

verb, -duced, -duc⋅ing, noun

–verb (used with object)

1.	to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.

2.	to bring into existence by intellectual or creative ability: to produce a great painting.

3.	to make or manufacture: to produce automobiles for export.

4.	to bring forth; give birth to; bear: to produce a litter of puppies.

5.	to provide, furnish, or supply; yield: a mine producing silver.

6.	Finance. to cause to accrue: stocks producing unexpected dividends.

7.	to bring forward; present to view or notice; exhibit: to produce one's credentials.

8.	to bring (a play, movie, opera, etc.) before the public.

9.	to extend or prolong, as a line.

–verb (used without object)

10.	to create, bring forth, or yield offspring, products, etc.: Their mines are closed because they no longer produce.

11.	Economics. to create economic value; bring crops, goods, etc., to a point at which they will command a price.

–noun produce

12.	something that is produced; yield; product.

13.	agricultural products collectively, esp. vegetables and fruits.

14.	offspring, esp. of a female animal: the produce of a mare.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME producen < L prōdūcere to lead or bring forward, extend, prolong, produce, equiv. to prō- pro- ¹ + dūcere to lead

Related forms:

pro⋅duc⋅i⋅ble, pro⋅duce⋅a⋅ble, pro⋅duct⋅i⋅ble, adjective

pro⋅duc⋅i⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, pro⋅duct⋅i⋅bil⋅i⋅ty [pruh-duhk-tuh-bil-i-tee]

, pro⋅duc⋅i⋅ble⋅ness, pro⋅duce⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. generate, create. 5. afford. 7. show. 13. See crop.

Antonyms:
1. destroy, ruin. 7. conceal.

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pro·duce (prə-dōōs', -dyōōs', prō-)

v. pro·duced, pro·duc·ing, pro·duc·es

v. tr.

To bring forth; yield: a plant that produces pink flowers.
1. To create by physical or mental effort: produce a tapestry; produce a poem.
2. To manufacture: factories that produce cars and trucks.
To cause to occur or exist; give rise to: chemicals that produce a noxious vapor when mixed.
To bring forth; exhibit: reached into a pocket and produced a packet of matches; failed to produce an eyewitness to the crime.
To supervise and finance the making and public presentation of: produce a stage play; produce a videotape.
Mathematics To extend (an area or volume) or lengthen (a line).

v. intr.

To make or yield products or a product: an apple tree that produces well.
To manufacture or create economic goods and services.

n. (prŏd'ōōs, prō'dōōs)

Something produced; a product.
Farm products, especially fresh fruits and vegetables, considered as a group.

[Middle English producen, to proceed, extend, from Latin prōdūcere, to extend, bring forth : prō-, forward; see pro-¹ + dūcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]
pro·duc'i·ble, pro·duce'a·ble adj.

Synonyms: These verbs mean to bring forth as a product: a mine that produces gold; a seed that finally bore fruit; a plant that yields a medicinal oil.

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Produce

Pro*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Produced; p. pr. & vb. n. Producing.] [L. producere, productum, to bring forward, beget, produce; pro forward, forth + ducere to lead. See Duke.]

1. To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.

Produce your cause, saith the Lord. --Isa. xli. 21.

Your parents did not produce you much into the world. --Swift.

2. To bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or growth; to give birth to; to bear; to generate; to propagate; to yield; to furnish; as, the earth produces grass; trees produce fruit; the clouds produce rain.

This soil produces all sorts of palm trees. --Sandys.

[They] produce prodigious births of body or mind. -- Milton.

The greatest jurist his country had produced. --Macaulay.

3. To cause to be or to happen; to originate, as an effect or result; to bring about; as, disease produces pain; vice produces misery.

4. To give being or form to; to manufacture; to make; as, a manufacturer produces excellent wares.

5. To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest produces an income; capital produces profit.

6. To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to produce a man's life to threescore. --Sir T. Browne.

7. (Geom.) To extend; -- applied to a line, surface, or solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle.

Produce

Pro*duce"\, v. i. To yield or furnish appropriate offspring, crops, effects, consequences, or results.

Produce

Prod"uce\ (?; 277), n. That which is produced, brought forth, or yielded; product; yield; proceeds; result of labor, especially of agricultural labors; hence, specifically, agricultural products.

Language Translation for : produce

Spanish: sacar, extraer,

German: hervorholen,

Japanese: 取り出す

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produce (v.)

1499, from L. producere "lead or bring forth, draw out," from pro- "forth" + ducere "to bring, lead" (see duke). Originally "extend," sense of "bring into being" is first recorded 1513; that of "to put (a play) on stage" is from 1585. The noun, "thing or things produced," is 1695, from the verb, and was originally accented like it. Specific sense of "agricultural productions" (as distinguished from manufactured goods) is from 1745. Producer is from 1513 in sense of "one who produces;" specifically of dramatic performances, etc., from 1891. In political economy sense, opposed to consumer from 1784 (first in Adam Smith).

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