Produced Produce Extra Examples Goods Producing Make Verb

• our company mainly produces goods for export.
• we pride ourselves on producing high-quality products.
• the local factory produces electronic components.
• the region produces over 50 per cent of the country's wheat.

produce

Verb Forms

1. to make things to be sold, especially in large quantities
• SYNONYM manufacture
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• Our company mainly produces goods for export.
• We pride ourselves on producing high-quality products.
• The local factory produces electronic components.

Extra Examples

• These goods are more efficiently produced in small associations.
• These stores sell items which are produced and sold by cooperatives.
2. to grow or make something as part of a natural process; to have a baby or young animal
• The region produces over 50 per cent of the country's wheat.
• I would like to find out more about how our food is produced.
• All our meat is locally produced.
• These shrubs produce bright red berries.
• Under stress, the body produces adrenalin.
• Our cat produced kittens last week.
• Her duty was to produce an heir to the throne.
• The wine is produced from Chardonnay grapes.

Extra Examples

• The country produces more than two million barrels of oil per day.
• the wine-producing regions of France
• the sale of sustainably produced timber
• These plants produce bell-shaped flowers.
• Leptin is a hormone produced by fat cells.
• fruit and vegetables that are produced locally
• organically produced food
3. to create something, especially when skill is needed
• She produced a delicious meal out of a few leftovers.
• By 1912 he was producing purely abstract works.
• United produced their best performance of the season.
• He produces reports on economic and social trends for manufacturers and trade associations.

Extra Examples

• He moved to California intending to produce a third novel.
• the sounds that are typically produced by an American orchestra
• The letter has been produced with digital technology.
• this handsomely produced reference work
• The technology can be used to produce interactive educational programs.
• He argued that wealth is produced by the labour power of the workers.
4. to cause a particular result or effect
• SYNONYM bring about
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• A phone call to the manager produced the result she wanted.
• His words failed to produce the desired effect.
• These reforms will produce little change.
• The drug produces a feeling of excitement.

Extra Examples

• Their strategy produced the desired outcome.
• Which method is likely to produce the best results?
• The drug produced an improvement in all but one case.
• The prime minister's speech produced an angry response from opposition parties.
• The questionnaire produced 9 000 replies.
5. to show something or make something appear from somewhere
• He produced a letter from his pocket.
• She failed to produce any evidence to support these claims.
• At the meeting the finance director produced the figures for the previous year.
6. if a town, country, etc. produces somebody with a particular skill or quality, the person comes from that town, country, etc.
• He is the greatest athlete this country has ever produced.
7. to be in charge of preparing a film, play, etc. for the public to see
• She produced a TV series about adopted children.

Extra Examples

• The series was obviously cheaply produced.
• a professionally produced CD
• a slickly produced thriller

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in sense 5 of the verb): from Latin producere, from pro- ‘forward’ + ducere ‘to lead’. Current noun senses date from the late 17th cent.