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producing

Syllables: pro·du·cingUK/pɹəˈdjuːsɪŋ//pɹəˈdusɪŋ/

producing is the present participle and gerund of produce.

Meaning of produce

Verb

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

  1. (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
    Antonyms:
    destroy, ruin
  2. (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
  3. (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
    Synonyms:
    present, offer
  4. (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
  5. To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
    • to produce a side of a triangle
  6. (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

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Words formed from producing

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Questions about producing

What is producing the present participle and gerund of?
Producing is the present participle and gerund of produce.
How do you pronounce producing?
Producing is pronounced /pɹəˈdusɪŋ/ (US).

Words near producing in the dictionary

  1. produceth
  2. producibilities
  3. producibility
  4. producible
  5. producibleness
  6. producing
  7. produck
  8. producorial
  9. product
  10. product base
  11. product bases

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