PRODUCE


Meaning of PRODUCE in English

I. prə-ˈdüs, prō-, -ˈdyüs verb

( pro·duced ; pro·duc·ing )

Etymology: Middle English (Scots), from Latin producere, from pro- forward + ducere to lead — more at tow

Date: 15th century

transitive verb

1. : to offer to view or notice

2. : to give birth or rise to : yield

3. : to extend in length, area, or volume

produce a side of a triangle

4. : to make available for public exhibition or dissemination: as

a. : to provide funding for

search for backers to produce the film

b. : to oversee the making of

will produce their new album

5.

a. : to cause to have existence or to happen : bring about

b. : to give being, form, or shape to : make ; especially : manufacture

6. : to compose, create, or bring out by intellectual or physical effort

7. : to cause to accrue

intransitive verb

: to bear, make, or yield something

• pro·duc·ible -ˈdü-sə-bəl, -ˈdyü- adjective

II. ˈprä-(ˌ)düs, ˈprō- also -(ˌ)dyüs noun

Date: 1695

1.

a. : something produced

b. : the amount produced : yield

2. : agricultural products and especially fresh fruits and vegetables as distinguished from grain and other staple crops

3. : the progeny usually of a female animal

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.