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transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
pr
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 |
adverb + (v.)produce
commercially, consistently, domestically, locally, naturally
(v.)produce
+ adverb
annually
(v.)produce
+ noun
acid,
album,
amount,
antibody,
barrel,
carbon,
chemical,
commodity,
crop,
dioxide,
document,
documentary,
effect,
electricity,
emission,
energy,
enzyme,
ethanol,
fruit,
fuel,
gallon,
gas,
hormone,
hydrogen,
image,
insulin,
methane,
milk,
offspring,
outcome,
output,
oxygen,
plutonium,
product,
protein,
quantity,
result,
seed,
sensation,
sperm,
steam,
surplus,
ton,
toxin,
vaccine,
works,
yield
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
pro
dus
[or]
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 |
adjective + (n.)produce
agricultural, colorful, domestic, fresh, frozen, home-grown, imported, local, mass, organic, seasonal, wholesale
verb + (n.)produce
buy, eat, grow, purchase, sell, shop, wash
(n.)produce
+ verb
import, market
noun + (n.)produce
bag, basket, item, pesticide, pound, residue, sales, variety, vegetable
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| derivations: |
producible (produceable) (adj.), producibility (n.) |
The word produce
contains the following parts:
pro-1
Latin
prefix
that means before, forward, forth
  Example words:
procedure, proceed, proclaim, proclivity, procrastinate, procreate, procumbent, procure, prodigal, produce, profane, profess, proffer, proficient, profound, profuse, progenitor, progeny, progress, project, projectile, prolate, prolix, prominent, promise, promote, promulgate, pronominal, pronoun, propagate, propel, propensity, proponent, proposal, propose, proposition, propound, prorogue, proscribe, prosecute, prospect, prospective, prospectus, protect, protract, protrude, protuberant, proverb, proverbial, provide, provident, proviso, provoke, provost
duc, duct
Latin
root
that means lead; draw along
Example words:
abduct, adduce, aqueduct, conduce, conducive, conduct, deduce, deduct, duce, duct, ductile, educate, educe, induce, induct, introduce, oviduct, produce, reduce, seduce, traduce, viaduct
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