Main Entry: ¹pro·duce

Pronunciation: \prə-ˈdüs, prō-, -ˈdyüs\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): pro·duced; pro·duc·ing

Etymology: Middle English (Scots), from Latin producere, from pro- forward + ducere to lead — more at tow

Date: 15th century

transitive verb 1 : to offer to view or notice
2 : to give birth or rise to : yield
3 : to extend in length, area, or volume <produce a side of a triangle>
4 : to make available for public exhibition or dissemination: as a : to provide funding for <search for backers to produce the film> b : to oversee the making of <will produce their new album>
5 a : to cause to have existence or to happen : bring about b : to give being, form, or shape to : make; especially : manufacture
6 : to compose, create, or bring out by intellectual or physical effort
7 : to cause to accrueintransitive verb : to bear, make, or yield something

— pro·duc·ible \-ˈdü-sə-bəl, -ˈdyü-\ adjective