product

American  

[prod-uhkt, -uhkt] / ˈprɒd əkt, -ʌkt /

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.

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product British  

/ 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

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product Scientific  

/ prŏd′əkt /

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

Etymology

Origin of product

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

Example Sentences

There’s a lot riding on the first quarter’s consumer spending gains after gross domestic product growth was just 0.7% in the fourth quarter.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Under the changes, many finished products containing aluminum and steel will be subject to a 25% duty on the full value of a product, instead of a 50% levy on just the value of metal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

For months, cybersecurity bulls have defended shares of companies like Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike Holdings in the face of new product announcements from artificial-intelligence players like Anthropic.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

OpenAI isn’t the first big nonmedia company to buy into a media product.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026

Thousands of animals are used every year for testing things such as detergents, cosmetics, and, in fact, almost every new product that comes on the market.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall

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