produce
VERB:
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. to bring forward; present to view or notice; exhibit:
to produce one's credentials.
7. to bring (a play, movie, opera, etc.) before the public.
8. to extend or prolong, as a line.
9. (intr) to create, bring forth, or yield offspring, products, etc.:
Their mines are closed because they no longer produce.
10. to bring (something) into existence; yield.
11. to bring forth (a product) by mental or physical effort; make:
she produced a delicious dinner for us.
12. (tr) to give birth to.
13. (tr) to manufacture (a commodity):
this firm produces cartons.
14. (tr) to give rise to:
her joke produced laughter.
15. (tr) to present to view:
to produce evidence.
16. to bring before the public:
he produced two plays and a film last year.
17. to conceive and create the overall sound of (a record) and supervise its arrangement, recording, and mixing.
18. (tr) to offer to view or notice.
19. (tr) to give birth or rise to; yield.
20. (tr) to extend in length, area, or volume:
produce a side of a triangle.
21. (tr) to make available for public exhibition or dissemination, such as:
a) to provide funding for:
search for backers to produce the film
b) to oversee the making of:
will produce their new album
22. (tr) to cause to have existence or to happen; bring about.
23. (tr) to give being, form, or shape to; make, especially manufacture.
24. (tr) to compose, create, or bring out by intellectual or physical effort.
25. (tr) to cause to accrue.
26. (intr) to bear, make, or yield something.
Examples:
Thousands of cars are produced here each year; The tree produces good fruit. —Merriam-Webster.
in finance:
to cause to accrue:
stocks producing unexpected dividends.
in economics:
(intr) to create economic value; bring crops, goods, etc., to a point at which they will command a price.
in geometry:
(tr) to extend (a line).
NOUN:
1. something that is produced; yield; product.
2. agricultural products collectively, especially vegetables and fruits.
3. offspring, especially of a female animal:
the produce of a mare.
4. anything that is produced; product.
5. agricultural products regarded collectively:
farm produce.
6. something produced.
7. the amount produced; yield.
8. agricultural products and especially fresh fruits and vegetables as distinguished from grain and other staple crops.
9. the progeny usually of a female animal.
Synonyms:
(verb) afford, beget, breed, bring, bring about, bring on, catalyze, cause, create, do, draw on, effect, effectuate, engender, generate, induce, invoke, make, occasion, prompt, result (in), show, spawn, translate (into), work, yield.
(noun) affair, fruit, handiwork, labor, output, product, production, thing, work, yield.
Related Words:
bear, build, construct, contribute, crop, deliver, design, develop, form, give, goods, invent, make, manufacture, offer, production, provide, supply, write.
Antonyms:
conceal, destroy, ruin.
Synonym Study (noun) (Dictionary.com):
Crop, harvest, produce, and yield refer to the return in food obtained from land at the end of a season of growth.
Crop, the term common in agricultural and commercial use, denotes the amount produced at one cutting or for one particular season:
the potato crop.
Harvest denotes either the time of reaping and gathering, or the gathering, or that which is gathered:
the season of harvest; to work in a harvest; a ripe harvest.
Produce especially denotes household vegetables:
Produce from the fields and gardens was taken to market.
Yield emphasizes what is given by the land in return for expenditure of time and labor:
There was a heavy yield of grain this year.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English producen<Latin prōdūcere to lead or bring forward, extend, prolong, produce, equivalent to prō-pro-1 + dūcere to lead. British dictionary: C15: from Latin prōdūcere to bring forward, from pro- 1 + dūcere to lead. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of produce: Verb: 15th century. Noun: 1657. History and Etymology for produce: Verb: Middle English (Scots), from Latin producere, from pro- forward + ducere to lead — more at tow entry 1. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 28 August 2020 {12:20 PM}
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. to bring forward; present to view or notice; exhibit:
to produce one's credentials.
7. to bring (a play, movie, opera, etc.) before the public.
8. to extend or prolong, as a line.
9. (intr) to create, bring forth, or yield offspring, products, etc.:
Their mines are closed because they no longer produce.
10. to bring (something) into existence; yield.
11. to bring forth (a product) by mental or physical effort; make:
she produced a delicious dinner for us.
12. (tr) to give birth to.
13. (tr) to manufacture (a commodity):
this firm produces cartons.
14. (tr) to give rise to:
her joke produced laughter.
15. (tr) to present to view:
to produce evidence.
16. to bring before the public:
he produced two plays and a film last year.
17. to conceive and create the overall sound of (a record) and supervise its arrangement, recording, and mixing.
18. (tr) to offer to view or notice.
19. (tr) to give birth or rise to; yield.
20. (tr) to extend in length, area, or volume:
produce a side of a triangle.
21. (tr) to make available for public exhibition or dissemination, such as:
a) to provide funding for:
search for backers to produce the film
b) to oversee the making of:
will produce their new album
22. (tr) to cause to have existence or to happen; bring about.
23. (tr) to give being, form, or shape to; make, especially manufacture.
24. (tr) to compose, create, or bring out by intellectual or physical effort.
25. (tr) to cause to accrue.
26. (intr) to bear, make, or yield something.
Examples:
Thousands of cars are produced here each year; The tree produces good fruit. —Merriam-Webster.
in finance:
to cause to accrue:
stocks producing unexpected dividends.
in economics:
(intr) to create economic value; bring crops, goods, etc., to a point at which they will command a price.
in geometry:
(tr) to extend (a line).
NOUN:
1. something that is produced; yield; product.
2. agricultural products collectively, especially vegetables and fruits.
3. offspring, especially of a female animal:
the produce of a mare.
4. anything that is produced; product.
5. agricultural products regarded collectively:
farm produce.
6. something produced.
7. the amount produced; yield.
8. agricultural products and especially fresh fruits and vegetables as distinguished from grain and other staple crops.
9. the progeny usually of a female animal.
Synonyms:
(verb) afford, beget, breed, bring, bring about, bring on, catalyze, cause, create, do, draw on, effect, effectuate, engender, generate, induce, invoke, make, occasion, prompt, result (in), show, spawn, translate (into), work, yield.
(noun) affair, fruit, handiwork, labor, output, product, production, thing, work, yield.
Related Words:
bear, build, construct, contribute, crop, deliver, design, develop, form, give, goods, invent, make, manufacture, offer, production, provide, supply, write.
Antonyms:
conceal, destroy, ruin.
Synonym Study (noun) (Dictionary.com):
Crop, harvest, produce, and yield refer to the return in food obtained from land at the end of a season of growth.
Crop, the term common in agricultural and commercial use, denotes the amount produced at one cutting or for one particular season:
the potato crop.
Harvest denotes either the time of reaping and gathering, or the gathering, or that which is gathered:
the season of harvest; to work in a harvest; a ripe harvest.
Produce especially denotes household vegetables:
Produce from the fields and gardens was taken to market.
Yield emphasizes what is given by the land in return for expenditure of time and labor:
There was a heavy yield of grain this year.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English producen<Latin prōdūcere to lead or bring forward, extend, prolong, produce, equivalent to prō-pro-1 + dūcere to lead. British dictionary: C15: from Latin prōdūcere to bring forward, from pro- 1 + dūcere to lead. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of produce: Verb: 15th century. Noun: 1657. History and Etymology for produce: Verb: Middle English (Scots), from Latin producere, from pro- forward + ducere to lead — more at tow entry 1. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 28 August 2020 {12:20 PM}