produce²

A2 Topic:Cause, Change & Process

US /pɹəˈdus/ UK /pɹəˈdjuːs/ See IPA manual

verb

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Homographs: produce¹ /ˈpɹoʊ.dus/ — noun

Pronunciation and word origins: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Freq #3374

Meanings

1
verb
To make or manufacture something.
Usage: As a verb here, produce means make or generate something. The object can be a manufactured item, a crop, or another result of work.

The factory can produce five hundred bicycles in a single week.
Sources and attribution

Adapted from Wiktionary contributors, with original notes and examples. Learning notes are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Wiktionary: produce
- Wiktionary: duco
The factory produces thousands of cars every year.
2

verb
To cause something to happen or exist.

The new medicine produced a rapid improvement in patients.
3

verb
To take something out and show it.

He produced a ticket from his coat pocket.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to make or manufacture... make manufacture

Etymology

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Topics

Cause, Change & Process

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# produce

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /pɹəˈdus/
**IPA (UK):** /pɹəˈdjuːs/
**Frequency rank:** 3374

## Meanings
1. To make or manufacture something.
2. To cause something to happen or exist.
3. To take something out and show it.

## Usage Notes
- To make or manufacture something.: As a verb here, produce means make or generate something. The object can be a manufactured item, a crop, or another result of work.

## Examples
- The factory can produce five hundred bicycles in a single week.
- The factory produces thousands of cars every year.
- The new medicine produced a rapid improvement in patients.
- He produced a ticket from his coat pocket.

## Synonyms
- make
- manufacture

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ducere - to lead

## Etymology
Etymology tree

## Learning Sources
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors, with original notes and examples. Learning notes: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
- [Wiktionary: produce](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/produce?oldid=92338519#English)
- [Wiktionary: duco](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/duco?oldid=92296272#Latin)

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process

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