Etimology
From Middle English product, from Latin prōductus, perfect participle of prōdūcō, first attested in English in the mathematics sense.
noun
product (countable and uncountable, plural products)
Anything that is produced; a result.
(countable, uncountable) A commodity offered for sale.
(cosmetics, uncountable) Any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc. Often specifically a preparation used to hold one's hair in a desired arrangement.
(US, slang) Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.
Examples
The product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.
To whom thus Michael: These are the product / Of those ill-mated marriages thou sawest;
These institutions are the products of enthusiasm; they are the instruments of wisdom.
The truth is that [Isaac] Newton was very much a product of his time. The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts. Instead “he was the last of the magicians”.
They improve their product every year; they export most of their agricultural production.
Synonyms: endwork, production, output, creation, yield
Skill is the product of hours of practice. His reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue.
This is a product of lime and nitric acid.
The product of 2 and 3 is 6. The product of 2, 3, and 4 is 24.
Product innovation is needed to meet changes in society and its requirements for particular types of banking product.
This sort of relationship can improve quality of transportation and can help in negotiations between transportation providers and transportation product users.
You can't create a stellar software product unless you know what it is supposed to do. You must work with the stakeholders to create the product scope.
That store offers a variety of products. We've got to sell a lot of product by the end of the month.
Synonyms: merchandise, wares, goods
He puts his fingers in Miller’s hair, which is greasy with product.
Wash excess product out of your hair.
I got some product here – you buying?
Related words
hyponyms
end product
finished product
gross domestic product
gross national product
related terms
produce
producer
production
productor
productress
productrix
verb
product (third-person singular simple present products, present participle producting, simple past and past participle producted)
(transitive, obsolete) To produce.
Examples
The probate of a Testament is the producting and insinuating of it before the Ecclesiastical Judge […]