To bring forth; yield: a plant that produces pink flowers.
To create by physical or mental effort: produce a tapestry; produce a poem.
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.
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).
bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit"
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create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"
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cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system"
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bring out for display; "The proud father produced many pictures of his baby"; "The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him"
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cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" [syn: grow]
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bring onto the market or release; "produce a movie"; "bring out a book"; "produce a new play"
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come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" [syn: grow]
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.
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.
Prod"uct\, n. [L. productus, p. pr. of producere. See Produce.]1. Anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes; as, the products of the season, or of the farm; the products of manufactures; the products of the brain. There are the product Of those ill-mated marriages. --Milton. These institutions are the products of enthusiasm. --Burke. 2. (Math.) The number or sum obtained by adding one number or quantity to itself as many times as there are units in another number; the number resulting from the multiplication of two or more numbers; as, the product of the multiplication of 7 by 5 is 35. In general, the result of any kind of multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication. Syn: Produce; production; fruit; result; effect; consequence; outcome; work; performance.
Pro*duc"tion\, n. [L. productio a lengthening, prolonging: cf. F. production. See Produce. ]1. The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness. 2. That which is produced, yielded, or made, whether naturally, or by the application of intelligence and labor; as, the productions of the earth; the productions of handicraft; the productions of intellect or genius. 3. The act of lengthening out or prolonging. Syn: Product; produce; fruit; work; performance; composition.
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