product
[ prod-uh kt, -uhkt ]
/ ˈprɒd əkt, -ʌkt /
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).
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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.
Its your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
It’s your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game were going to play.
It’s your turn to pick the movie, but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUTOrigin 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, nounWords nearby product
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British Dictionary definitions for product
product
/ (ˈprɒdʌkt) /
noun
Word Origin for product
C15: from Latin prōductum (something) produced, from prōdūcere to bring forth
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Medical definitions for product
product
[ prŏd′əkt ]
n.
Something produced by human or mechanical effort or by a natural process.
A substance resulting from a chemical reaction.
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Scientific definitions for product
product
[ prŏd′əkt ]
A number or quantity obtained by multiplication. For example, the product of 3 and 7 is 21.
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