| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pro·duce |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  pr -d s , -dys, pr - |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: pro·duced, pro·duc·ing, pro·duc·es
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To bring forth; yield: a plant that produces pink flowers. 2a. To create by physical or mental effort: produce a tapestry; produce a poem. b. To manufacture: factories that produce cars and trucks. 3. To cause to occur or exist; give rise to: chemicals that produce a noxious vapor when mixed. 4. To bring forth; exhibit: reached into a pocket and produced a packet of matches; failed to produce an eyewitness to the crime. 5. To supervise and finance the making and public presentation of: produce a stage play; produce a videotape. 6. Mathematics To extend (an area or volume) or lengthen (a line). | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To make or yield products or a product: an apple tree that produces well. 2. To manufacture or create economic goods and services. | | NOUN: | (pr ds, prds)1. Something produced; a product. 2. Farm products, especially fresh fruits and vegetables, considered as a group. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English producen, to proceed, extend, from Latin prd cere, to extend, bring forth : pr-, forward; see pro–1 + dcere, to lead; see deuk- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | pro·duci·ble, pro·ducea·ble —ADJECTIVE
| | SYNONYMS: | produce, bear1, yield 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.
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