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product

  • /ˈpɹɒd.əkt/ UK
  • /ˈpɹɒd.ʌkt/ UK
  • /ˈpɹɑ.dəkt/ Atlantic Canada, US
  • /ˈpɹɑ.dʌkt/ Atlantic Canada, US
  • /ˈpɹɒd.əkt/ Canada
  • /ˈpɹɒd.ʌkt/ Canada
  • /ˈpɹɔd.əkt/ Australia
  • /ˈpɹɒd.əkt/ New Zealand
  • [ˈpɹɔ̟d.əkt] New Zealand
  • /prɔːˈɖɐkʈ/ India, North
  • /ˈprɔːˌɖɐkʈ/ India, North
  • /ˈprɔː.ɖɛkʈ/
  • [pɾɒ̈ː.ɖe̞kʈ]
  • /ˈprɑː.ɖɛkʈ/
  • [pɾäː.ɖe̞kʈ]

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Italic *pro-

Latin prō-

Proto-Indo-European *dewk-

Proto-Indo-European *déwkti

Proto-Italic *doukō

Latin dūcō

Latin prōdūcō

Latin prōductusder.

Middle English product

English product

From Middle English product, from Latin prōductus, perfect participle of prōdūcō, first attested in English in the mathematics sense.

noun products · produck

  1. countable, uncountable Anything that is produced; a result. The product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.
  2. countable, uncountable The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process. They improve their product every year; they export most of their agricultural production.
  3. countable, uncountable A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances. Skill is the product of hours of practice.  His reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue.
  4. countable, uncountable A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction. This is a product of lime and nitric acid.
  5. countable, uncountable A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers. The product of 2 and 3 is 6.  The product of 2, 3, and 4 is 24.
  6. countable, uncountable Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.
  7. countable, uncountable Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user. Product innovation is needed to meet changes in society and its requirements for particular types of banking product.
  8. countable, uncountable A commodity offered for sale. That store offers a variety of products.  We've got to sell a lot of product by the end of the month.
  9. US, countable, slang, uncountable Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity. I got some product here — you buying?
  10. abbreviation, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of beauty product: any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc. Often specifically a preparation used to hold one's hair in a desired arrangement.beauty product Wash excess product out of your hair.

verb products · producting · producted · produck

  1. obsolete, transitive To produce. The probate of a Testament is the producting and insinuating of it before the Ecclesiastical Judge […]

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