Etimology
From Middle English produce, from Latin prōdūcō (“to lead forth”), from prō- (“forth, forward”) + dūcō (“to lead, bring”). The noun is derived from the verb.
verb
produce (third-person singular simple present produces, present participle producing, simple past and past participle produced)
(transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
(intransitive) To make or yield something.
(transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
(transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
(mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
(obsolete) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong.
(music) To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.
Examples
[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.
Many of these caterpillars have special glands that produce secretions which are very attractive to these ants.
For example, Mary Lou Morris, past president of the Environment Institute of Australia, has been her country′s delegate to a number of global environmental conferences and helped to produce the Australian National Heritage Charter.
The Agreement criminalizes end-user piracy and requires Australia to authorize the seizure, forfeiture, and destruction of counterfeit and pirated goods and the equipment used to produce them.
We discovered that they produce more than 2,000 megawatts from wind energy.
He had wanted to produce a wheat that was more suited to Australian conditions and was drought- and disease-resistant.
Besides, some of the rejected dimuons were produced in collisions downstream of the target region .
Now it is also my understanding, I believe I am correct in this, that either one or two other manufacturers did not produce this year, which also created a certain shortage.
It was necessary for the prisoner to produce a witness to prove his innocency.
The bottom of the barrel was scraped on August 22 when Shrewsbury had to produce Taunton 2-6-0 No. 6312 to work the 8.10 p.m. from Paddington between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury; the stranger was in trouble in the early hours of the next morning at Hollinswood, but managed to reach Shrewsbury.
LDS security produced identification information, photographs, and videotape of an anti-Mormon preacher who they said called himself Emmanuel and was often seen around Temple Square, especially at conference time.
The plaintiff alleges that he was unlawfully detained at the airport by state troopers and threatened with arrest unless he produced identification and his travel documents.
David Tickle flew in to Melbourne to produce the quad-platinum LP “True Colors” and the triple gold single “I Got You”— both of which shot the band to international prominence.
In 1940, he co-wrote the script for Broken Strings, an independently produced film in which he starred as a concert violinist.
This beautifully produced film was introduced in 2003.
to produce a side of a triangle
And truely there goes a great deale of providence to produce a mans life unto threeſcore; […]
highly produced sound
Related words
synonyms
(To yield, make or manufacture; to generate): bring forth, come up with
(to provide for inspection): present, offer
antonyms
(antonym(s) of "to make or manufacture"): destroy, ruin
related terms
producer
producible
product
production
productive
noun
produce (uncountable)
That which is produced.
Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.
Offspring.
(Australia) Livestock and pet food supplies.
Examples
Synonyms: output, proceeds, product, yield
All fruits, vegetables, and dairy and poultry-yard produce are, in the Australian capitals, dear, and of very easy sale.
Taking a retrospect, then, of fourteen years preceding 1860, and making two periods of seven years each, the value of the exports of the produce or manufactures of this country to Australia has been, for the annual average of the first seven years, 1846-52, 2½ millions sterling; while for the second period, 1856-59, the annual average has been 11 millions.
While it is true that New Zealand′s economic stake in the region [of Oceania] remained relatively small when compared with the major markets for New Zealand produce in Australia, Asia, North America and Europe, it nevertheless remained the region through which trade must pass on its way to these larger markets.
A farm supervisor is employed to coordinate the planting and harvesting of produce by volunteers.
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 […]
Related words
hypernyms
(items produced): output, products