produce

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To make or manufacture something.

   The factory produces thousands of cars every year.

2. 2
   verb

   To cause something to happen or exist.

   The new medicine produced a rapid improvement in patients.

3. 3
   verb

   To take something out and show it.

   He produced a ticket from his coat pocket.

4. 4
   noun

   Fresh fruit and vegetables grown to be sold.

   The market sells local produce every Saturday.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcōder. Middle English produce English produce From Middle English produce, from Latin prōdūcō (“to lead forth”), from prō- (“forth, forward”) + dūcō (“to lead, bring”).

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