product

American  

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

noun

• products
  plural

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

Derived Forms

• subproduct
  noun
• multiproduct
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• products
  plural

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”; see produce

Explanation

When you start making something, the result is a product. Most products are offered for sale, like dairy products at the grocery store or kitchen products at Macy's. The word product is often a synonym for "merchandise" — the stuff for sale on the racks and shelves at a store. But a product can also simply be the result or consequence of someone's efforts or a set of circumstances. A good report card is the product of hard work. You are the product of your parent's relationship. And an aging hippie who still wears bell bottoms may be described as a product of the sixties.

Example Sentences

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product products

One route is to stop being a single product.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Under mounting pressure, he agreed to pay restitution of $157,000 and stop pitching the product.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Many investors saw a fancy wellness product instead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The product Monday is far from what the Lakers hope to show in their regular-season opener Oct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Heylmun then started talking about “rework,” which is the practice in some food factories of recycling leftover or rejected ingredients from one product batch into another product batch.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Most of the products a family may look at are labeled as “child protection,” and that brings home the role reversals involved in parenting your parents.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

The U.S. trade deficit widened in August to its biggest in more than a year, with the U.S. buying more products like crude oil, gold and semiconductors from abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Because the study was small, more research will be needed to determine which products work best, what doses are appropriate, and how the oil should be used for the most consistent results.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

A spokesperson for Jersey's government said it had "engaged with providers throughout this process" and whether products were offered in the island "remains a commercial decision".

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Most of the products we use here in the mountain dissolve in water. That way we have very little waste to deal with.”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Related Words

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