product

plural products · alternative pronunciation spelling produck

1. countableuncountableAnything that is produced; a result.

   The product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.

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   To whom thus Michael: These are the product / Of those ill-mated marriages thou sawest;

   1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 683-84

   These institutions are the products of enthusiasm; they are the instruments of wisdom.

   1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

   The truth is that [Isaac] Newton was very much a product of his time. The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts. Instead “he was the last of the magicians”.

   2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892

   1. countableuncountableThe amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.

      They improve their product every year; they export most of their agricultural production.

      Synonyms: endwork, production, output, creation, yield

   2. countableuncountableA consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.

      Skill is the product of hours of practice.  His reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue.

   3. countableuncountablechemistryA chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.

      This is a product of lime and nitric acid.

   4. countableuncountablearithmeticA quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers.

      The product of 2 and 3 is 6.  The product of 2, 3, and 4 is 24.

   5. countableuncountablemathematicsAny operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.
   6. countableuncountableAny tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.

      Product innovation is needed to meet changes in society and its requirements for particular types of banking product.

      2002, Oonagh McDonald with Kevin Keasey, The future of retail banking in Europe, page 146

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      This sort of relationship can improve quality of transportation and can help in negotiations between transportation providers and transportation product users.

      2002, Veljko Milutinović with Frédéric Patricelli, E-business and e-challenges, page 133

      You can't create a stellar software product unless you know what it is supposed to do. You must work with the stakeholders to create the product scope.

      2006, Teresa Luckey with Joseph Phillips, Software project management for dummies, page 55

2. countableuncountableA commodity offered for sale.

   That store offers a variety of products.  We've got to sell a lot of product by the end of the month.

   Synonyms: merchandise, wares, goods

   1. UScountableslanguncountableIllegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.

      I got some product here — you buying?

      Synonyms: merchandise, wares, goods

3. abbreviationellipsisuncountablecosmeticsEllipsis of beauty product: any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc. Often specifically a preparation used to hold one's hair in a desired arrangement.

   Wash excess product out of your hair.

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   He puts his fingers in Miller’s hair, which is greasy with product.

   2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 153

present singular third person products · participle present producting · participle past producted · past producted · alternative pronunciation spelling produck

1. obsoletetransitiveTo produce.

   The probate of a Testament is the producting and insinuating of it before the Ecclesiastical Judge […]

   1651, The Touchstone of Common Assurances, page 498