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 verb1: to offer to view or notice2: to give birth or rise to : yield3: 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 : manufacture6: to compose, create, or bring out by intellectual or physical effort7: to cause to accrueintransitive verb: to bear, make, or yield something

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