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produce
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)
- (transitive) To yield, make or manufacture; to generate.
- (transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
- (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
- (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
- (obsolete) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong.
- 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici
- to produce a man's life to threescore
- 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici
- (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)
- That which is produced.
- Synonyms: output, proceeds, product, yield
- Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.
- 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 […]
- 1865, The Turf and the Racehorse
- (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
- present of producer
- imperative of producer
Italian
Verb
produce
- third-person singular indicative present of produrre
Latin
Verb
pr?d?ce
- second-person singular present active imperative of pr?d?c?
Noun
pr?duce
- 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.
- (transitive) to produce
Conjugation
Derived terms
- produc?tor
- producere
- produs
Related terms
- produc?ie
Spanish
Verb
produce
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of producir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of producir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of producir.
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erect
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
- Hyphenation: erect
Etymology 1
From Middle English erect, a borrowing from Latin ?rectus (“upright”), past participle of ?rig? (“raise, set up”), from ?- (“out”) + reg? (“to direct, keep straight, guide”).
Adjective
erect (comparative more erect, superlative most erect)
- Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
- 1789, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume 6, chapter 64.
- Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia, Philadelphia is still erect — a column in a scene of ruins.
- 1789, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume 6, chapter 64.
- (of body parts) Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation.
- Synonyms: hard, stiff
- (of a man) Having an erect penis
- Synonyms: hard, stiff
- (obsolete) Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
- 1827, John Keble, The Christian Year
- But who is he, by years / Bowed, but erect in heart?
- 1827, John Keble, The Christian Year
- (obsolete) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
- Watchful; alert.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- vigilant and erect attention of mind
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- (heraldry) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
Antonyms
- (rigid; standing out perpendicularly): flaccid
Derived terms
- erectable
- semierect
Related terms
- erectile
- erection
- erigible
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English erecten, from the adjective (see above).
Verb
erect (third-person singular simple present erects, present participle erecting, simple past and past participle erected)
- (transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
- (transitive) To cause to stand up or out.
- To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
- (aviation, of a gyroscopic attitude indicator) To spin up and align to vertical.
- (aviation, of a gyroscopic attitude indicator) To spin up and align to vertical.
- To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
- that didst his state above his hopes erect
- , Preface
- I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a judge.
- To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of Contentment (sermon)
- It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a loving complaisance.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of Contentment (sermon)
- (astrology) To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.).
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 332:
- In 1581 Parliament made it a statutory felony to erect figures, cast nativities, or calculate by prophecy how long the Queen would live or who would succeed her.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 332:
- To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc.
- from fallacious foundations, and misapprehended mediums, erecting conclusions no way inferrible from their premises
- Malebranche erects this proposition.
- To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- to erect a new commonwealth
- 1812, Arthur Collins & Sir Egerton Brydges, Peerage of England, F.C. and J. Rivington et al, page 330:
- In 1686, he was appointed one of the Commissioners in the new ecclesiastical commission erected by King James, and was proud of that honour.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
Synonyms
- build
Derived terms
- erecting shop
- re-erect, reerect
Translations
Anagrams
- -crete, Crete, recte, terce
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