different between produce vs assert

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pr?d?c? (“to lead forth”), from pr?- (“forth, forward”) + d?c? (“to lead, bring”). The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

Verb

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pr?dyo?os?, IPA^(key): /p???dju?s/, /p???d??u?s/
• (General American) enPR: pr?do?os?, IPA^(key): /p???dus/
• Rhymes: -u?s
• Hyphenation: pro?duce

Noun

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pr?d'yo?os, IPA^(key): /?p??dju?s/, /?p??d??u?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?o?.dus/, /?p??.dus/
• Hyphenation: prod?uce

Verb

produce (third-person singular simple present produces, present participle producing, simple past and past participle produced)

1. (transitive) To yield, make or manufacture; to generate.
2. (transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
3. (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
4. (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.

5. (obsolete) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong.
   • 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici

     to produce a man's life to threescore

6. (music) To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.

Derived terms

• reproduce

Related terms

Synonyms

• (To yield, make or manufacture; to generate): bring forth, come up with

Antonyms

• (to make or manufacture): destroy, ruin

Translations

Noun

produce (uncountable)

1. That which is produced.

   Synonyms: output, proceeds, product, yield

2. Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.
3. Offspring.
   • 1865, The Turf and the Racehorse

     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 […]

4. (Australia) Livestock and pet food supplies.

Usage notes

Frequently used in the collocation produce aisle, since c. 1960, specifically in the sense “fruits and vegetables”.

Hypernyms

• (items produced): output, products

Translations

References

Further reading

• produce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• produce in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• produce at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• crouped

Interlingua

Verb

produce

1. present of producer
2. imperative of producer

Italian

Verb

produce

1. third-person singular indicative present of produrre

Latin

Verb

pr?d?ce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pr?d?c?

Noun

pr?duce

1. ablative singular of pr?dux

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pr?d?cere, present active infinitive of pr?d?c?, French produire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pro?du.t?e]

Verb

a produce (third-person singular present produce, past participle produs) 3rd conj.

1. (transitive) to produce

Conjugation

Derived terms

• produc?tor
• producere
• produs

Related terms

• produc?ie

Spanish

Verb

produce

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of producir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of producir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of producir.

English

Etymology

From Latin assertus, perfect passive participle of asser? (“declare someone free or a slave by laying hands upon him; hence free from, protect, defend; lay claim to, assert, declare”), from ad (“to”) + ser? (“join, range in a row”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??s??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??s?t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Verb

assert (third-person singular simple present asserts, present participle asserting, simple past and past participle asserted)

1. To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.

   He would often assert that there was life on other planets.

2. To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.

   to assert one's authority

   Salman Rushdie has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work.

3. To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to

   to assert our rights and liberties

4. (programming) To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code.
5. (electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.

Antonyms

• remit
• deny
• deassert

Synonyms

• affirm
• asseverate
• aver

Related terms

Translations

Noun

assert (plural asserts)

1. (computer science) an assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.

Translations

References

• “assert” in the Collins English Dictionary

Further reading

• assert in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• assert in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• assert at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Sastre, Saters, TASers, Tasers, Tesars, asters, reasts, setars, stares, stears, tarses, tasers

Portuguese

Noun

assert m (plural asserts)

1. (programming) assert (conditional statement that checks the validity of a value)