Product

//ˈpɹɒd.əkt// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Anything that is produced; a result. countable, uncountable

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

  2. 2
    items for sale to the individual consumer wordnet
  3. 3
    Anything that is produced; a result.; The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process. countable, uncountable

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

  4. 4
    an artifact that has been created by someone or some process wordnet
  5. 5
    Anything that is produced; a result.; A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances. countable, uncountable

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

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  1. 6
    a quantity obtained by multiplication wordnet
  2. 7
    Anything that is produced; a result.; A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction. countable, uncountable

    "This is a product of lime and nitric acid."

  3. 8
    the set of ordered pairs of two given sets wordnet
  4. 9
    Anything that is produced; a result.; A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers. countable, uncountable

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

  5. 10
    a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances wordnet
  6. 11
    Anything that is produced; a result.; Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction wordnet
  8. 13
    Anything that is produced; a result.; Any 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. countable, uncountable

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

  9. 14
    A commodity offered for sale. countable, uncountable

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

  10. 15
    A commodity offered for sale.; Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity. US, countable, slang, uncountable

    "I got some product here — you buying?"

  11. 16
    Ellipsis 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. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable

    "Wash excess product out of your hair."

Verb
  1. 1
    To produce. obsolete, transitive

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English product, from Latin prōductus, perfect participle of prōdūcō, first attested in English in the mathematics sense.

Etymology 2

From Middle English product, from Latin prōductus, perfect participle of prōdūcō, first attested in English in the mathematics sense.

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