/prəˈdjuːs/
Translation
To make something or grow something, often in large amounts.
Word origin
From Latin producere, to lead forward, from pro (forward) and ducere (to lead). To produce something is to lead it out into the world.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- producere
- English cognates
- product, reduce, introduce
Grammar
Examples
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To "produce" is to make things, often many of them.
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Here "produce" is about growing food, not building things.
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To "produce" a result is to cause it to happen.
Used in
Grammar articles
(9)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Advanced articles in English: the zero article, the with names and places, and go to school vs go to the school
British vs American grammar: have got, gotten, the team are, and the other quiet differences
Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, neither do I, and the words you are allowed to leave out
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Mixed conditionals in English: past causes with present results, and present causes with past results
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
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