What does "product" mean?
Anything that is produced; a result.
Product
/ˈpɹɒd.əkt/ noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Anything that is produced; a result.
- Grammar: product is listed as noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: merchandise, account, aftermath, aggregate.
- Useful contrasts: chemical input, chemical reactant, chemical reactants.
- Usage evidence: We would like to distribute your product in Japan.
How to use "product"
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Definitions
Noun
- 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 items for sale to the individual consumer wordnet
- 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 an artifact that has been created by someone or some process wordnet
- 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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- 6 a quantity obtained by multiplication wordnet
- 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."
- 8 the set of ordered pairs of two given sets wordnet
- 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."
- 10 a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances wordnet
- 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
- 12 a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction wordnet
- 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."
- 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."
- 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?"
- 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 To produce. obsolete, transitive
"The probate of a Testament is the producting and insinuating of it before the Ecclesiastical Judge […]"
Synonyms
All synonymsAntonyms
chemical inputchemical reactantchemical reactantsgerman prozess
Example
"We would like to distribute your product in Japan."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "product"?
Common synonyms include: merchandise, account, aftermath, aggregate, algorithm output, amount.
How do you use "product" in a sentence?
We would like to distribute your product in Japan.
How do you pronounce "product"?
Pronounced /ˈpɹɒd.əkt/.
Etymology
From Middle English product, from Latin prōductus, perfect participle of prōdūcō, first attested in English in the mathematics sense.