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produce

noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒuːs/ yod-coalescence
  • prŏd'yo͞os yod-coalescence
  • /ˈpɹɒdjuːs/ non-yod-coalescence
  • rhymes with -uːs
  • /ˈpɹoʊ.dus/
  • /ˈpɹɑ.dus/
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  • Canada: /ˈpɹɑ.dus/
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  • /pɹəˈd͡ʒuːs/ yod-coalescence
  • prədyo͞osʹ yod-coalescence
  • /pɹəˈdjuːs/ non-yod-coalescence
  • /pɹəˈdus/
  • prədo͞osʹ
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  • CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 D UW1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: P R OW1 D UW0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

That which is produced.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: output, proceeds, product, yield

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Offspring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Livestock and pet food supplies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: make, generate, yield, create, bring forth, cause, contrive, ferment, forge, develop, engender, evolve, gin up, innate, form, forthbring, produce, spawn

Antonyms: destroy, ruin

6

verb

Meaning 6

To make or yield something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: present, offer

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: media

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To extend an area, or lengthen a line.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • to produce a side of a triangle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Examples

  • highly produced sound

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: green goods, green groceries, garden truck

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: food, solid food

Narrower terms: edible fruit, vegetable, veggie, veg, eater

13

verb

Meaning 13

come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He grew a beard
  • The patient developed abdominal pains
  • I got funny spots all over my body
  • Well-developed breasts

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grow, develop, get, acquire

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change

Narrower terms: fledge, feather, regrow, spring, sprout, stock, stool, tiller, leaf, pod, teethe, pupate, work up, get up, cut

14

verb

Meaning 14

create or manufacture a man-made product

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We produce more cars than we can sell
  • The company has been making toys for two centuries

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: make, create

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: breed, remake, refashion, redo, make over, prefabricate, underproduce, output, pulse, pulsate, clap up, clap together, slap together, custom-make, customize, customise, tailor-make, dummy, dummy up, turn out, machine, churn out, overproduce, elaborate, put out, laminate, bootleg, generate, render, yield, return, give, extrude, squeeze out, smelt, reproduce, preassemble, fudge together, throw together, print, publish, confect, proof, cut, burn

15

verb

Meaning 15

cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The Bordeaux region produces great red wines
  • They produce good ham in Parma
  • We grow wheat here
  • We raise hogs here

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grow, raise, farm

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cultivate

Narrower terms: carry, overproduce, keep

16

verb

Meaning 16

bring forth or yield

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The tree would not produce fruit

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bring forth

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: make, create

Narrower terms: give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have, sporulate, grind out, crank out, manufacture

17

verb

Meaning 17

cause to happen, occur or exist

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This procedure produces a curious effect
  • The new law gave rise to many complaints
  • These chemicals produce a noxious vapor
  • the new President must bring about a change in the health care system

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bring about, give rise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: make, create

Narrower terms: induce, induct, leave, result, lead

18

verb

Meaning 18

bring out for display

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The proud father produced many pictures of his baby
  • The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bring forth

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: expose, exhibit, display

Narrower terms: turn on

19

verb

Meaning 19

bring onto the market or release

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • produce a movie
  • bring out a book
  • produce a new play

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bring on, bring out

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: offer

History

Etymology

From the verb.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcōder. Middle English produce English produce From Middle English produce, from Latin prōdūcō (“to lead forth”), from prō- (“forth, forward”) + dūcō (“to lead, bring”).

Across languages

Translations

203 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: произведение (proizvedenie) — that which is produced
  • Bulgarian: продукция (produkcija) — that which is produced
  • Dutch: product — that which is produced
  • Finnish: tuotanto — that which is produced
  • Finnish: tuotteet — that which is produced
  • German: Produkt — that which is produced
  • Hindi: उत्पाद (utpād) — that which is produced
  • Hungarian: termék — that which is produced
  • Ido: produkturo — that which is produced
  • Italian: prodotto — that which is produced
  • Latin: fructus — that which is produced
  • Latin: frux — that which is produced
  • Latvian: produkts — that which is produced
  • Latvian: produkcija — that which is produced
  • Latvian: ražojumi — that which is produced
  • Old English: æþelu — that which is produced
  • Portuguese: produção — that which is produced
  • Scottish Gaelic: toradh — that which is produced
  • Spanish: producto — that which is produced
  • Spanish: producción — that which is produced
  • Telugu: ఉత్పత్తి (utpatti) — that which is produced
  • Thai: ผลิตภัณฑ์ (pà-lìt-dtà-pan) — that which is produced
  • Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎁𐎍 (ybl) — that which is produced
  • Bulgarian: добив (dobiv) — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Bulgarian: реколта (rekolta) — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Choctaw: na waya — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Ngazidja Comorian: mavuna — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Dutch: versproducten — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Dutch: groenten en fruit — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Finnish: tuotteet — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • French: produits — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • German: Obst und Gemüse — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • German: Ertrag — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • German: Agrarprodukt — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • German: Produkt — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Hebrew: יְבוּל (y'vúl) — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Hebrew: תְּבוּאָה (t'vuá) — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Hungarian: termény — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Irish: meas — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Italian: prodotti — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Latin: olitōrius — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Navajo: tʼáadoo leʼé kʼéédadilyéehii — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Plautdietsch: Arnt — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Polish: płody rolne — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Portuguese: produção — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Portuguese: hortifrutigranjeiros — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Portuguese: hortifrúti — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Scottish Gaelic: toradh — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Spanish: cosecha — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Spanish: productos agrícolas — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Thai: ผลผลิต — harvested agricultural goods collectively
  • Southern Altai: эдип салар (edip salar) — to make or manufacture
  • Arabic: أَنْتَجَ (ʔantaja) — to make or manufacture
  • Arabic: صَنَعَ (ṣanaʕa) — to make or manufacture
  • Arabic: انتج (antag) — to make or manufacture
  • Armenian: արտադրել (artadrel) — to make or manufacture
  • Azerbaijani: istehsal etmək — to make or manufacture
  • Belarusian: вырабля́ць (vyrabljácʹ) — to make or manufacture
  • Belarusian: вы́рабіць (výrabicʹ) — to make or manufacture
  • Belarusian: вытвара́ць (vytvarácʹ) — to make or manufacture
  • Belarusian: вы́тварыць (výtvarycʹ) — to make or manufacture
  • Belarusian: прадукава́ць (pradukavácʹ) — to make or manufacture
  • Bulgarian: произве́ждам (proizvéždam) — to make or manufacture
  • Bulgarian: произведа́ (proizvedá) — to make or manufacture
  • Bulgarian: израбо́твам (izrabótvam) — to make or manufacture
  • Bulgarian: израбо́тя (izrabótja) — to make or manufacture
  • Catalan: produir — to make or manufacture
  • Chinese Cantonese: 製造 /制造 (zai3 zou6) — to make or manufacture
  • Chinese Cantonese: 生產 /生产 — to make or manufacture
  • Chinese Mandarin: 制造 (zhìzào) — to make or manufacture
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生產 /生产 (shēngchǎn) — to make or manufacture
  • Ngazidja Comorian: utooa — to make or manufacture
  • Ngazidja Comorian: utoa — to make or manufacture
  • Czech: produkovat — to make or manufacture
  • Czech: vyrábět — to make or manufacture
  • Czech: vyrobit — to make or manufacture
  • Dutch: produceren — to make or manufacture
  • Dutch: maken — to make or manufacture
  • Esperanto: produkti — to make or manufacture
  • Finnish: tuottaa — to make or manufacture
  • Finnish: valmistaa — to make or manufacture
  • Finnish: tehdä — to make or manufacture
  • French: produire — to make or manufacture
  • Galician: producir — to make or manufacture
  • Galician: xerar — to make or manufacture
  • German: produzieren — to make or manufacture
  • German: herstellen — to make or manufacture
  • Greek: παράγω (parágo) — to make or manufacture
  • Ancient Greek: φύω (phúō) — to make or manufacture
  • Ancient Greek: τίκτω (tíktō) — to make or manufacture
  • Hebrew: ייצר \ יִצֵּר (yitsér) — to make or manufacture
  • Hindi: उत्पादन करना (utpādan karnā) — to make or manufacture
  • Hungarian: gyárt — to make or manufacture
  • Hungarian: termel — to make or manufacture
  • Hungarian: előállít — to make or manufacture
  • Hungarian: létrehoz — to make or manufacture
  • Icelandic: framleiða — to make or manufacture
  • Icelandic: pródúsa — to make or manufacture
  • Icelandic: pródúsera — to make or manufacture
  • Ido: produktar — to make or manufacture
  • Interlingua: producer — to make or manufacture
  • Irish: táirg — to make or manufacture
  • Italian: produrre — to make or manufacture
  • Italian: realizzare — to make or manufacture
  • Japanese: 生産する (seisan suru) — to make or manufacture
  • Japanese: 製造する (seizō suru) — to make or manufacture
  • Khmer: ផលិត (phaʼlɨt) — to make or manufacture
  • Korean: 만들다 (mandeulda) — to make or manufacture
  • Korean: 생산하다 (saengsanhada) — to make or manufacture
  • Korean: 제조하다 (jejohada) — to make or manufacture
  • Kumyk: этмек (etmek) — to make or manufacture
  • Kumyk: салмакъ (salmaq) — to make or manufacture
  • Kumyk: юрютмек (yurütmek) — to make or manufacture
  • Kyrgyz: өндүрүү (öndürüü) — to make or manufacture
  • Latin: prōdō — to make or manufacture
  • Latin: prōdūcō — to make or manufacture
  • Latin: pariō — to make or manufacture
  • Latvian: ražot — to make or manufacture
  • Latvian: taisīt — to make or manufacture
  • Latvian: izstrādāt — to make or manufacture
  • Latvian: izgatavot — to make or manufacture
  • Latvian: pagatavot — to make or manufacture
  • Latvian: producēt — to make or manufacture
  • Lithuanian: gaminti — to make or manufacture
  • : ᦵᦣᧆᦉᦱᧂᧉ (hedṡaang2) — to make or manufacture
  • Macedonian: произведува (proizveduva) — to make or manufacture
  • Macedonian: произведе (proizvede) — to make or manufacture
  • Māori: whakanao — to make or manufacture
  • Māori: whakanaonao — to make or manufacture
  • Māori: whakaputa — to make or manufacture
  • Eastern Mari: ышташ (yštaš) — to make or manufacture
  • Mongo: bota — to make or manufacture
  • Old English: forþbringan — to make or manufacture
  • Old English: forþberan — to make or manufacture
  • Old English: ācennan — to make or manufacture
  • Old English: forþlǣdan — to make or manufacture
  • Oromo: oomishuu — to make or manufacture
  • Persian: تولید کردن (towlid kardan) — to make or manufacture
  • Persian: فراوردن (farāvardan) — to make or manufacture
  • Polish: wytwarzać — to make or manufacture
  • Polish: wytworzyć — to make or manufacture
  • Polish: produkować — to make or manufacture
  • Portuguese: produzir — to make or manufacture
  • Romanian: produce — to make or manufacture
  • Romanian: face — to make or manufacture
  • Russian: производи́ть (proizvodítʹ) — to make or manufacture
  • Russian: произвести́ (proizvestí) — to make or manufacture
  • Sanskrit: जनयति (janayati) — to make or manufacture
  • Serbo-Croatian: произво̀дити — to make or manufacture
  • Serbo-Croatian: проѝзвести — to make or manufacture
  • Serbo-Croatian: proizvòditi — to make or manufacture
  • Serbo-Croatian: proìzvesti — to make or manufacture
  • Slovak: produkovať — to make or manufacture
  • Slovak: vyrábať — to make or manufacture
  • Slovak: vyrobiť — to make or manufacture
  • Slovene: izdelovati — to make or manufacture
  • Slovene: izdelati — to make or manufacture
  • Slovene: proizvajati — to make or manufacture
  • Slovene: proizvesti — to make or manufacture
  • Spanish: producir — to make or manufacture
  • Swedish: producera — to make or manufacture
  • Tagalog: magprodukto — to make or manufacture
  • Tajik: истеҳсол кардан (istehsol kardan) — to make or manufacture
  • Tajik: тавлид кардан (tavlid kardan) — to make or manufacture
  • Telugu: ఉత్పత్తిచేయు (utpatticēyu) — to make or manufacture
  • Telugu: తయారు చేయు (tayāru cēyu) — to make or manufacture
  • Thai: ผลิต (pà-lìt) — to make or manufacture
  • Tocharian B: täm- — to make or manufacture
  • Turkish: üretmek — to make or manufacture
  • Ukrainian: виробля́ти (vyrobljáty) — to make or manufacture
  • Ukrainian: ви́робити (výrobyty) — to make or manufacture
  • Ukrainian: продукува́ти (produkuváty) — to make or manufacture
  • Vietnamese: sản xuất — to make or manufacture
  • Vietnamese: chế tạo — to make or manufacture
  • Yiddish: אַרויסגעבן (aroysgebn) — to make or manufacture
  • Zazaki: pêrotene — to make or manufacture
  • Bulgarian: предоста́вям (predostávjam) — to make available to
  • Dutch: voorleggen — to make available to
  • Dutch: beschikbaar stellen — to make available to
  • Finnish: esittää — to make available to
  • German: vorlegen — to make available to
  • Hungarian: elővesz — to make available to
  • Hungarian: bemutat — to make available to
  • Hungarian: felmutat — to make available to
  • Hungarian: megmutat — to make available to
  • Hungarian: benyújt — to make available to
  • Icelandic: útvega — to make available to
  • Italian: fornire — to make available to
  • Bulgarian: продуци́рам (producíram) — to sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 制作 (zhìzuò) — to sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 监制 (jiānzhì) — to sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc)
  • Dutch: produceren — to sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc)
  • Dutch: maken — to sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc)
  • Finnish: tuottaa — to sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc)
  • German: produzieren — to sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc)
  • Hungarian: bemutat — to sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc)
  • Hungarian: színre visz — to sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc)
  • Icelandic: framleiða — to sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc)
  • Italian: produrre — to sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc)
  • Central Kurdish: دەرھێنان (derhênan) — to sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc)
  • Serbo-Croatian: producírati — to sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc)
  • Spanish: realizar — to sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc)
  • Telugu: నిర్మించు (nirmiñcu) — to sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc)
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