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product

[prod-uhkt, -uhkt]

noun

  1. a thing produced by labor.

    products of farm and factory;

    the product of his thought.

  2. a person or thing produced by or resulting from a process, as a natural, social, or historical one; result.

    He is a product of his time.

  3. the totality of goods or services that a company makes available; output.

    a decrease in product during the past year.

  4. Chemistry.,  a substance obtained from another substance through chemical change.

  5. Mathematics.

    1. the result obtained by multiplying two or more quantities together.

    2. intersection.



product

/ ˈprɒdʌkt /

noun

  1. something produced by effort, or some mechanical or industrial process

  2. the result of some natural process

  3. a result or consequence

  4. a substance formed in a chemical reaction

  5. any substance used to style hair, such as gel, wax, mousse, or hairspray

  6. maths

    1. the result of the multiplication of two or more numbers, quantities, etc

    2. Also called: set productanother name for intersection

  7. See Cartesian product

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

product

  1. A number or quantity obtained by multiplication. For example, the product of 3 and 7 is 21.

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Other Word Forms

  • multiproduct adjective
  • subproduct noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of product1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin prōductum “(thing) produced,” neuter of past participle of prōdūcere “to lead forward”; produce
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Word History and Origins

Origin of product1

C15: from Latin prōductum (something) produced, from prōdūcere to bring forth
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Example Sentences

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It comes two weeks after a US senator launched an investigation into the tech giant after notes in a leaked internal document suggested its AI products could have "sensual" chats with teenagers.

From BBC

“A very fine product,” says senior art preparator Michael Price with a sly smile.

Sunday’s function was the product of great effort, Stokes told The Times.

Beijing would want India to open its market of 1.4 billion people to Chinese products, but Delhi would be wary of doing that without addressing the deficit.

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For some contestants, it was a lack of makeup or beauty products that broke them.

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