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verb/pɹəˈd͡ʒuːs//pɹəˈdjuːs//pɹəˈdus/
  1. 1

    To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.transitive

    • [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.
    • Many of these caterpillars have special glands that produce secretions which are very attractive to these ants.
  2. 2

    To make or yield something.intransitive

    • 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.
  3. 3

    To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.transitive

    • It was necessary for the prisoner to produce a witness to prove his innocency.
    • LDS security produced identification information, photographs, and videotape of an anti-Mormon preacher who they said called himself Emmanuel and was often seen around Temple Square, especially at conference time.
  4. 4

    To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.transitive

    • 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.
    • I was just talking with someone in Bowling Green, Ohio who might produce us.
  5. 5

    To extend an area, or lengthen a line.

    • to produce a side of a triangle
  6. 6

    To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong.obsolete

    • And truely there goes a great deale of providence to produce a mans life unto threeſcore; […]
  7. 7

    To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.

    • highly produced sound
noun/ˈpɹɒd͡ʒuːs//ˈpɹɒdjuːs//ˈpɹoʊ.dus/
  1. 1

    That which is produced.uncountable

  2. 2

    Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.uncountable

    • All fruits, vegetables, and dairy and poultry-yard produce are, in the Australian capitals, dear, and of very easy sale.
    • A farm supervisor is employed to coordinate the planting and harvesting of produce by volunteers.
  3. 3

    Offspring.uncountable

    • 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 […]
  4. 4

    Livestock and pet food supplies.Australiauncountable

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