produce
Definitions
verb
- to bring (something) into existence; yield
- to bring forth (a product) by mental or physical effort; make ⇒
she produced a delicious dinner for us
- (tr) to give birth to
- (tr) to manufacture (a commodity) ⇒
this firm produces cartons
- (tr) to give rise to ⇒
her joke produced laughter
- (tr) to present to view ⇒
to produce evidence
- to bring before the public ⇒
he produced two plays and a film last year
- to conceive and create the overall sound of (a record) and supervise its arrangement, recording, and mixing
- (tr) geometry to extend (a line)
noun
- anything that is produced; product
- agricultural products regarded collectively ⇒
farm produce
Alternative Forms
proˈducible adjective proˌduciˈbility nounWord Origin
C15: from Latin prōdūcere to bring forward, from pro-C15: from Latin to bring forward, from 1 + to lead + dūcere to leadSynonyms
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cause,
lead to
result in,
effect,
occasion,
generate,
trigger,
make for,
provoke,
set off,
induce,
bring about,
give rise to,
engender,
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make,
build,
create,
develop,
turn out,
manufacture,
construct,
invent,
assemble,
put together,
originate,
fabricate,
mass-produce,
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show,
provide,
present,
advance,
demonstrate,
offer,
come up with,
exhibit,
put forward,
furnish,
bring forward,
set forth,
bring to light
Translations
- British English:
produce
To produce something means to cause it to happen.These drugs are known to produce side-effects.prəˈdjuːs VERB These drugs are known to produce side-effects. - Spanish:
producir
v
- French:
produire
vt
- German:
produzieren
v
- Chinese: 生产 v
- Arabic: يُنْتِجُ v
- Portuguese: produzir v
- Russian: производить v
- Croatian: proizvesti v
- Czech: vytvořit v vytvářet
- Danish: producere v
- Dutch: produceren v
- Finnish: tuottaa v
- Greek: παράγω v
- Italian: produrre v
- Japanese: 生産する v
- Korean: 생산하다 v
- Norwegian: produsere v
- Polish: wyprodukować v produkować
- Brazilian Portuguese: produzir v
- European Spanish:
producir
v
- Swedish: producera v
- Thai: ผลิต v
- Turkish: üretmek v
- Vietnamese: tạo ra v
Usage examples
Of course I wouldn't dream of anticipating what the pathological tests will produce.
, The Endless Game (1986)That appears to be a reference to 20 hectares of light industry, which, they say, will produce 4,000 jobs.
Country Life (2004)Mr McMahon believes reviews and analysis are a good thing - so long as they produce plans which are acted upon.
Irish Times (2002)There are plans to transfer about 90 million litres of production to Droitwich which has the potential to produce 200 million litres a year.
Glasgow Herald (2001)They inhibit growth, and produce cerebral dysfunctions, some of which can become irreversible.
, BEYOND FEAR (2002)