produce

Etymology

From Middle English produce, from Latin prōdūcō (“to lead forth”), from prō- (“forth, forward”) + dūcō (“to lead, bring”). The noun is derived from the verb.

verb

1. (transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
   Many of these caterpillars have special glands that produce secretions which are very attractive to these ants. 1999, Steven O. Shattuck, Australian Ants: Their Biology and Identification, volume 3, CSIRO Publishing, page 72
   For example, Mary Lou Morris, past president of the Environment Institute of Australia, has been her country′s delegate to a number of global environmental conferences and helped to produce the Australian National Heritage Charter. 2000, Cheris Kramarae, Dale Spender, quoting Jane McGary, Environment: Australia and New Zealand, quoted in Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Education: Health to Hypertension, page 567
   The Agreement criminalizes end-user piracy and requires Australia to authorize the seizure, forfeiture, and destruction of counterfeit and pirated goods and the equipment used to produce them. 2006, Office of the United States Trade Representative, National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers: 2006, page 29
   We discovered that they produce more than 2,000 megawatts from wind energy. November 21 2006, Kenya National Assembly, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard): Parliamentary Debates, page 3805
   He had wanted to produce a wheat that was more suited to Australian conditions and was drought- and disease-resistant. 2008, Primary Australian History: Book F, R.I.C. Publications, page 43
   Besides, some of the rejected dimuons were produced in collisions downstream of the target region (in the beam dump or in the hadron absorber, for instance). 2010, Carlos Laurenço, Hermine K. Wöhri, edited by Helmut Satz, Sourav Sarkar, and Bikash Sinha, The Physics of the Quark-Gluon Plasma: Introductory Lectures, Springer, Lecture Notes in Physics 785, Measuring Dimuons Produced in Proton-Nucleus Collisions in the NA60 Experiment at the SPS, page 280
2. (intransitive) To make or yield something.
   Now it is also my understanding, I believe I am correct in this, that either one or two other manufacturers did not produce this year, which also created a certain shortage. 1968, United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small Business, Hearings, page 550
3. (transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
   It was necessary for the prisoner to produce a witness to prove his innocency. 1810, Cobbett's complete collection of state trials and proceedings, volume 8
   The bottom of the barrel was scraped on August 22 when Shrewsbury had to produce Taunton 2-6-0 No. 6312 to work the 8.10 p.m. from Paddington between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury; the stranger was in trouble in the early hours of the next morning at Hollinswood, but managed to reach Shrewsbury. 1961 October, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 635
   LDS security produced identification information, photographs, and videotape of an anti-Mormon preacher who they said called himself Emmanuel and was often seen around Temple Square, especially at conference time. 2006, Tom Smart, Lee Benson, In Plain Sight: The Startling Truth Behind the Elizabeth Smart Investigation, page 262
   The plaintiff alleges that he was unlawfully detained at the airport by state troopers and threatened with arrest unless he produced identification and his travel documents. 2007, Transit Cooperative Research Program, TRCP Report 86: Public Transportation Passenger Security Inspections: A Guide for Policy Decision Makers, page 22
4. (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
   David Tickle flew in to Melbourne to produce the quad-platinum (in Australia) LP “True Colors” and the triple gold single “I Got You”— both of which shot the band to international prominence. January 30 1982, “Imported Producers Spread Early Sound to Global Markets”, in Billboard, page M-16
   In 1940, he co-wrote the script for Broken Strings, an independently produced film in which he starred as a concert violinist. 2001, Donald Bogle, Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films, page 56
   This beautifully produced film was introduced in 2003. 2011, Bob Sehlinger, Menasha Ridge, Len Testa, The Unofficial Guide Walt Disney World 2012, page 570
5. (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
   to produce a side of a triangle
6. (obsolete) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong.
7. (music) To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.
   highly produced sound

noun

1. That which is produced.
2. Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.
   All fruits, vegetables, and dairy and poultry-yard produce are, in the Australian capitals, dear, and of very easy sale. 1852, F. Lancelott, Australia As It Is: Its Settlements, Farms and Gold Fields, page 151
   Taking a retrospect, then, of fourteen years preceding 1860, and making two periods of seven years each, the value of the exports of the produce or manufactures of this country to Australia has been, for the annual average of the first seven years, 1846-52, 2½ millions sterling; while for the second period, 1856-59, the annual average has been 11 millions. 1861, William Westgarth, Australia: Its Rise, Progress, and Present Condition, page 54
   While it is true that New Zealand′s economic stake in the region [of Oceania] remained relatively small when compared with the major markets for New Zealand produce in Australia, Asia, North America and Europe, it nevertheless remained the region through which trade must pass on its way to these larger markets. 1999, Bruce Brown, Malcolm McKinnon, New Zealand in World Affairs, 1972-1990, page 291
   A farm supervisor is employed to coordinate the planting and harvesting of produce by volunteers. 2008, Peter Newman, Isabella Jennings, Cities As Sustainable Ecosystems: Principles and Practices, page 230
3. Offspring.
   With regard to the mare that has proved herself of the first class during her racing career, let us contrast the probable success of her produce […] 1865, The Turf and the Racehorse
4. (Australia) Livestock and pet food supplies.