produce
verb · noun
Simple meaning
To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
Pronunciation
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pruhdoosSay the bold part a little louder.
noun: prohdoosverb: pruhdoos
IPA pronunciation (US)
pɹəˈdus
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
verb
transitive
To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
“The tree would not produce fruit.”
transitive
To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
noun
Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.
That which is produced.
Australia
Livestock and pet food supplies.
Offspring.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A2 · Elementary
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
Used this way, produce is a common word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
“The tree would not produce fruit.”
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use produce
- “The proud father produced many pictures of his baby.”verb
- “The tree would not produce fruit.”verb
- “We produce more cars than we can sell.”verb
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Close in meaning, but not always interchangeable.
To bring up; to grow.
To bring into success.
To create, generate, bring into existence.
Word Family
Related forms, grouped by how they connect.
Inflected forms
Grammatical variations of the same word.
Someone who manufactures something.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
An index of changes in wholesale prices.
A gas made of carbon monoxide and hydrogen and nitrogen.
A producer of motion pictures.
Produce on a large scale.
Someone who produces theatrical performances.
Related words
Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
The quality of being productive or having the power to produce.
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