product

[ prod-uh kt, -uhkt ]

/ ˈprɒd əkt, -ʌkt /

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noun

a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.

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.

the totality of goods or services that a company makes available; output: a decrease in product during the past year.

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

Mathematics.

the result obtained by multiplying two or more quantities together.
intersection(def 3a).

Words nearby product

produce, produce race, producer, producer gas, producer goods, product, product differentiation, product liability, product life cycle, product line, product mark

Origin of product

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin prōductum (thing) produced, neuter of past participle of prōdūcere to produce

OTHER WORDS FROM product

mul·ti·prod·uct, adjectivesub·prod·uct, noun

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Examples from the Web for product

Together, the teams are working 24 hours a day for a product that promises much higher risk than it does profit.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The billionaire philanthropist tastes the product of a machine that processes human sewage into drinking water and electricity.
Bill Gates Drinks Sewer Water|Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Product placement aside, the idea that animals go to heaven raises a whole host of interesting questions for Thea and Noah.
Sorry, Internet: Pope Francis Didn't Open Paradise to Pets|Candida Moss|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Its essays, criticism, reportage, and poetry are not “product.”
Facebook Prince Purges The New Republic: Inside the Destruction of a 100-Year-Old Magazine|Lloyd Grove|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Pappy has become a prime example of a certain kind of product that economists called a “Veblen good.”
The Cult of Pappy van Winkle|Eric Felten|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Next day he spread the buck's hide out on the ground and drenched it liberally with the product of deer-brains.
The Blazed Trail|Stewart Edward White
The very word art, as denoting a product of human activity different from the ordinary daily tasks of men, was unknown.
The Story of Paris|Thomas Okey
Particular care should be taken to select varieties that are capable of yielding a product of high quality.
The Vegetable Garden|Anonymous
Moreover, Mr. Arthur Russell's premonitions were no product of mere coincidence; neither had any magical sympathy produced them.
Alice Adams|Booth Tarkington
The moral life of the Vais appears to be the product of their social institutions and their severe environment.
The Journal of Negro History, Vol. I. Jan. 1916|Various

British Dictionary definitions for product

product

/ (ˈprɒdʌkt) /

noun

something produced by effort, or some mechanical or industrial process

the result of some natural process

a result or consequence

a substance formed in a chemical reaction

mainly US any substance used to style hair, such as gel, wax, mousse, or hairspray

maths

the result of the multiplication of two or more numbers, quantities, etc
Also called: set product another name for intersection (def. 3)

See Cartesian product

Word Origin for product

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

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