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Dictionary Entries (14 more entries. View all »)
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pro·duce
Audio Help [v. pruh-doos, -dyoos; n. prod-oos, -yoos, proh-doos, -dyoos] Pronunciation Key verb, -duced, -duc·ing, noun
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Audio Help [v. pruh-doos, -dyoos; n. prod-oos, -yoos, proh-doos, -dyoos] Pronunciation Key verb, -duced, -duc·ing, noun –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
–noun produce
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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
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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
Audio Help [pruh-duhk-tuh-bil-i-tee] Pronunciation Key, pro·duc·i·ble·ness, pro·duce·a·ble·ness, noun
Audio Help [pruh-duhk-tuh-bil-i-tee] Pronunciation Key, pro·duc·i·ble·ness, pro·duce·a·ble·ness, noun —Antonyms 1. destroy, ruin. 7. conceal.
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Thesaurus Entries (7 more entries. View all »)
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| Main Entry: | produce | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective | |
| Synonyms: | constructive, creative, fruitful, parturient, procreant, procreative, productive, aborning, causative, fructiferous, fructuous, generative, originative, producing, uberous, viviparous | |
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| Main Entry: | produce | |
| Part of Speech: | noun | |
| Synonyms: | commodity, composition, consequence, creativity, crop, fecundity, manifestation, performance, product, productivity, progeny, staple | |
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| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus | Cite This Source | |
| Main Entry: | produce | |
| Part of Speech: | verb | |
| Definition: | To cause to come into existence. | |
| Synonyms: | beget, breed, create, engender, father, hatch, make, originate, parent, procreate, sire, spawn | |
| Idioms: | birth | |
| Source: | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. | |
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