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prod·uct (präd′əkt)

noun

  1. something produced by nature or made by human industry or art
  2. Informal commercial products collectively, as of a certain kind or from a certain company; merchandise
  3. result; outgrowth a product of one's imagination
  4. Chem. any substance resulting from a chemical change
  5. Math. the quantity obtained by multiplying two or more quantities together

Etymology: ME < ML productum < neut. pp. of L producere: see produce

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product Synonyms

product

n.

  1. A result

    output, outcome, produce; see result.

  2. Often plural; goods produced

    stock, goods, merchandise, manufactured product; see commodity.


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product Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • sell: It applies to all products sold from your licensed location.

Adjective modifier

  • finished: The finished products were then sold by the Molineux family business.

Modifies a noun

  • range: The stereo product range is ideal for inspection tasks.

Noun used with modifier

  • dairy: The sale of exhibits or other dairy products is not permitted without the prior consent of the Dairy Produce Chairman.
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product quotes

The function of the artist is to disturb. His duty is to arousethesleeper, toshakethe complacent pillars ofthe world.He reminds the world of its dark ancestry, and shows the world its present, and points the way to its new birth.He isat oncetheproduct and thepreceptorof his time.

-Bethune, Norman

A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

-Capp, Al originally Alfred Gerald Caplin

   Be no longer a chaos, but a world, or even worldkin. Produce! Produce! Were it but the pitifullest infinitesimal fraction of a product, produce it in God's name!'Tistheutmostthou hast inthee: out with it, then.

-Carlyle,Thomas

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