produce
pronunciation
How to pronounce produce in British English:
UK [prəˈdjuːs , ˈprɒdjuːs]
How to pronounce produce in American English:
US [prəˈduːs , ˈprɑːduːs]
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- Noun:
- fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market
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- Verb:
- bring forth or yield
- create or manufacture a man-made product
- cause to occur or exist
- bring out for display
- bring onto the market or release
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
Word Origin
- produce
- produce: [15] To produce something is etymologically to ‘lead it forward’, a meaning still discernible beneath the veil of metaphor that clothes the modern English word’s range of meanings. It comes from Latin prōdūcere, a compound verb formed from the prefix prō- ‘forward’ and dūcere ‘lead’ (source of English duct, duke, educate, introduce, etc).=> duct, duke, educate, induce, introduce
- produce (v.)
- early 15c., "develop, proceed, extend," from Latin producere "lead or bring forth, draw out," figuratively "to promote, empower; stretch out, extend," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + ducere "to bring, lead" (see duke). Sense of "bring into being" is first recorded 1510s; that of "put (a play) on stage" is from 1580s. Related: Produced; producing.
- produce (n.)
- "thing or things produced," 1690s, from produce (v.), and originally accented like it. Specific sense of "agricultural productions" (as distinguished from manufactured goods) is from 1745.
Example
- 1. . Finally , apple approved chengdu 's factory to produce ipad .
- 2. Japan wants to produce 30 nobel prize winners over the next 50 years .
- 3. Arsenals are factories that produce weapons .
- 4. And both produce in-demand products .
- 5. Who says europe cannot produce internet giants ?