Other forms: produced, producing, produces
To produce is to make things, especially in large amounts. Produce steel, produce a report, the factory produces about a thousand a day.
It also means to bring something out for people to see: produce your ticket, produced a knife. In film and music, to produce is to oversee the making of something — the producer arranges the money, the people and the schedule. The noun, stressed on the first syllable, PROD-uce, means agricultural goods: fresh produce, local produce. Note product, production and productive, all from the same verb.
1verbproduceTo make things, especially in large amounts.
“The factory produces thousands of cars every month.”
synonyms: manufacture, make
2verbbringTo bring something out to be seen.
“He produced a receipt from a coat he had not worn in years.”
3nounagriculturalAgricultural goods for sale.
“The stall sells local produce and nothing else.”
Too few real examples of this word to estimate which sense is commonest.
produce is a making or bringing forth.
Also accepted in games: manufacture
Latin producere is pro-, forward, plus ducere, to lead — to lead forth. Duke, conduct, reduce and introduce are all the same verb, and producing something is bringing it forward into view.
Latin
prōdūcō
Middle English
produce
English, today
produce
Built from
From Middle English produce, from Latin prōdūcō. From Middle English produce, from Latin prōdūcō (“to lead forth”), from prō- (“forth, forward”) + dūcō (“to lead, bring”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA