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transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
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dus
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| inflections: |
produces, producing, produced |
| definition 1: |
to bring into being; yield.
Our chickens produce eggs for market.- synonyms:
- generate, give, make, yield
- similar words:
- account, author, bear, beget, breed, cause, determine, do, engender, furnish, give rise to, grow, hammer out, hatch, induce, issue, lay, lead, manufacture, mother, procreate, provide, supply
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| definition 2: |
to manufacture.
This factory produces machine parts.- synonyms:
- make, manufacture
- similar words:
- build, compose, concoct, construct, create, do, fabricate, fashion, form, issue, process
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| definition 3: |
to give birth to.
The mare produced two foals during the night.- synonyms:
- bear, breed, deliver
- similar words:
- beget, engender, generate, give rise to, hatch, lay, litter, spawn, whelp
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| definition 4: |
to bring forward into view or notice; present.
The reporter refused to produce the name of his source.The lawyer produced new evidence at the trial.- synonyms:
- disclose, expose, manifest, present
- similar words:
- display, divulge, exhibit, reveal, show, uncover
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| definition 5: |
to organize and present (a film, play, concert, or the like) for public entertainment.
The filmmaker has produced documentaries in addition to dramatic films.It takes a lot of funding to produce a play for Broadway.- similar words:
- effect, enact, exhibit, network, organize, present, put on, represent, stage
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| related words: |
bring, churn, conjure, crop, do, execute, fix, give, induce, manufacture, mill, mix, originate, pay, prepare, prompt, provoke, realize, represent, return, run, script, send, spawn, work |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
pr
dus
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| definition: |
to cause, create, or yield results, esp. the usual or expected results.
The artist couldn't produce without encouragement.- synonyms:
- yield
- similar words:
- achieve, bear, blossom, create, earn, lay, work
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| related words: |
compose, crop, deliver |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
pro
dus
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pra
dus
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| definition: |
something produced, esp. agricultural products such as fruits and vegetables.
- similar words:
- crop, foodstuffs, fruits, gleanings, greens, harvest, product, staples, vegetables, yield
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| related words: |
commodity, perishable, ware |
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| derivations: |
producible (produceable) (adj.), producibility (n.) |
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