say it: pruh-DOOS
produce is a verb and noun meaning "bring forth or yield". It carries 8 recorded senses.
bring forth or yield
“The tree would not produce fruit”
create or manufacture a man-made product
“We produce more cars than we can sell”
“The company has been making toys for two centuries”
cause to happen, occur or exist
“This procedure produces a curious effect”
“The new law gave rise to many complaints”
“These chemicals produce a noxious vapor”
“the new President must bring about a change in the health care system”
bring out for display
“The proud father produced many pictures of his baby”
“The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him”
fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for produce come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.