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 product. another name for intersection

7. See Cartesian product

product

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

Other Word Forms

• multiproduct adjective
• subproduct noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of product¹

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

Example Sentences

Over the next 12 months, Moore said “customers’ biggest anxiety” revolves around getting enough of Nvidia’s products, especially with its upcoming Rubin AI platform.

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“For too long, American patients have been forced to subsidize prescription drugs and biologics in other developed countries by paying a significant premium for the same products in ours,” U.S.

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Shopify provides tools such as payment processing and inventory management for merchants to sell products online.

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Industries that contracted included apparel, textiles, paper products, chemicals and transportation equipment.

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Silicon Valley insiders have started calling Cursor, the AI coding tool, the fastest-growing product of all time.

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Related Words

• amount 
• brand 
• commodity 
• crop 
• device 
• fruit 
• merchandise 
• output 
• produce 
• production 
• profit 
• stock 
• work