produce

Syllables: pro·duce/pɹəˈd͡ʒuːs/

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Canada/ˈpɹɑ.dus/

produce verb: to bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.

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Verb

produce (third-person singular simple present produces, present participle producing, simple past and past participle produced)

(transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
- [chapter XIII, page 264:] […] the greatest jurist that his country had produced. […] [chapter XVI, page 644:] At Rome the news from Ireland produced a sensation of a very different kind.1851, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume III, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC
- Many of these caterpillars have special glands that produce secretions which are very attractive to these ants.1999, Steven O. Shattuck, Australian Ants: Their Biology and Identification, volume 3, CSIRO Publishing, page 72
Synonyms:

make, generate, yield, create, bring forth, cause, contrive, ferment, forge, develop

Antonyms:

destroy, ruin
(intransitive) To make or yield something.
- Now it is also my understanding, I believe I am correct in this, that either one or two other manufacturers did not produce this year, which also created a certain shortage.1968, United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small Business, Hearings, page 550
(transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
- It was necessary for the prisoner to produce a witness to prove his innocency.1810, Cobbett's complete collection of state trials and proceedings, volume 8
- The bottom of the barrel was scraped on August 22 when Shrewsbury had to produce Taunton 2-6-0 No. 6312 to work the 8.10 p.m. from Paddington between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury; the stranger was in trouble in the early hours of the next morning at Hollinswood, but managed to reach Shrewsbury.1961 October, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 635
Synonyms:

present, offer
(transitive) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
- David Tickle flew in to Melbourne to produce the quad-platinum (in Australia) LP “True Colors” and the triple gold single “I Got You”— both of which shot the band to international prominence.1982 January 30, “Imported Producers Spread Early Sound to Global Markets”, in Billboard, page M-16
- I was just talking with someone in Bowling Green, Ohio who might produce us.1989 February 12, Jim Fauntleroy, Ron Romanovsky, “'Music Is My Way Of Activism'”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 30, page 10
To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
- to produce a side of a triangle
(obsolete) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong.
- And truely there goes a great deale of providence to produce a mans life unto threeſcore; […]1642, Tho[mas] Browne, “The First Part”, in Religio Medici. […], 4th edition, London: […] E. Cotes for Andrew Crook […], published 1656, →OCLC, page 90
To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.
- highly produced sound

Noun

produce (uncountable)

That which is produced.

Synonyms:

output, proceeds, product, yield
Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.
- All fruits, vegetables, and dairy and poultry-yard produce are, in the Australian capitals, dear, and of very easy sale.1852, F. Lancelott, Australia As It Is: Its Settlements, Farms and Gold Fields, page 151
- Taking a retrospect, then, of fourteen years preceding 1860, and making two periods of seven years each, the value of the exports of the produce or manufactures of this country to Australia has been, for the annual average of the first seven years, 1846-52, 2½ millions sterling; while for the...1861, William Westgarth, Australia: Its Rise, Progress, and Present Condition, page 54
Offspring.
- With regard to the mare that has proved herself of the first class during her racing career, let us contrast the probable success of her produce […]1865, The Turf and the Racehorse
(Australia) Livestock and pet food supplies.

produce meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

produce in Hindi

to make or manufacture: उत्पादन करना utpādan karnā
that which is produced: उत्पाद utpād

produce in Tamil

உற்பத்தி செய், படைப்புத்திறனைக் கொண்டு உருவாக்கு, பெற்றெடு, உற்பத்தி செய்யப்பட்ட பொருள், காய்கறிகள், பழங்கள்

produce in Marathi

to produce: उगवणे ugavṇe

produce in Urdu

حاصل, پیداوار, بنانا, حاضر کرنا, لانا, پیدا کرنا

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produce in Bengali: উৎপাদন utpadon
produce in Telugu: ఉత్పత్తిచేయు utpatticēyu, తయారు చేయు tayāru cēyu, నిర్మించు nirmiñcu, ఉత్పత్తి utpatti
produce in Malayalam: ഉൽപ്പാദിപ്പിക്കുക ulppādippikkuka
produce in Kannada: ಹುಟ್ಟುವಳಿ, ಉತ್ಪನ್ನ, ಉತ್ಪತ್ತಿ, ಬೆಳೆ
produce in Punjabi: ਪੈਦਾਵਾਰ paidāvār
produce in Gujarati: ઊગવું ūgavũ
produce in Odia: ଉତ୍ପାଦନ କରନ୍ତୁ
produce in Sanskrit: जनयति janayati
produce in Nepali: उत्पादन गर्नुहोस्, उत्पादन गर्ने
produce in Tagalog: magprodukto
produce in Arabic: أَنْتَجَ ʔantaja, صَنَعَ ṣanaʕa
produce in Persian: تولید کردن towlid kardan, فراوردن farāvardan
produce in Thai: ผลิต pà-lìt, ผลิตภัณฑ์ pà-lìt-dtà-pan, ผลผลิต
produce in Vietnamese: sản xuất, chế tạo

Examples of produce in a sentence

The Agreement criminalizes end-user piracy and requires Australia to authorize the seizure, forfeiture, and destruction of counterfeit and pirated goods and the equipment used to produce them.2006, Office of the United States Trade Representative, National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers: 2006, page 29:
We discovered that they produce more than 2,000 megawatts from wind energy.2006 November 21, Kenya National Assembly, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard): Parliamentary Debates, page 3805:
He had wanted to produce a wheat that was more suited to Australian conditions and was drought- and disease-resistant.2008, Primary Australian History: Book F, R.I.C. Publications, page 43:
Besides, some of the rejected dimuons were produced in collisions downstream of the target region (in the beam dump or in the hadron absorber, for instance).2010, Carlos Laurenço, Hermine K. Wöhri, edited by Helmut Satz, Sourav Sarkar, and Bikash Sinha, The Physics of the Quark-Gluon Plasma...

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Synonyms of produce

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Antonyms

destroy
ruin

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Forms of produce

third-person singular present	produces
present participle	producing
past participle	produced
past	produced

Past tense of produce: produced

Origin of produce

From Middle English produce, from Latin prōdūcō (“to lead forth”), from prō- (“forth, forward”) + dūcō (“to lead, bring”).

From the verb.

Words formed from produce

Phrases with produce

Words that rhyme with produce

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Questions about produce

What does produce mean?: Produce means to bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
What is produce in Hindi?: Produce in Hindi is उत्पादन करना (utpādan karnā), उत्पाद (utpād). See Produce meaning in Hindi.
How do you use produce in a sentence?: The Agreement criminalizes end-user piracy and requires Australia to authorize the seizure, forfeiture, and destruction of counterfeit and pirated goods and the equipment used to produce them.
What part of speech is produce?: Produce can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce produce?: Produce is pronounced /pɹəˈd͡ʒuːs/.
What is the past tense of produce?: The past tense of produce is produced.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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