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).
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,adjectivesubproduct,noun
Words nearby product
produce, producer, produce race, producer gas, producer goods, product, product differentiation, productile, production, production control, production line
The company is currently shooting for a product launch in May of next year.
Crover’s robot swims in grain silos to monitor environmental conditions|Brian Heater|September 17, 2020|TechCrunch
The financing will be used to grow InsideSherpa’s staff, with more engineering, product and sales roles.
Forage, formerly InsideSherpa, raises $9.3 million Series A for virtual work experiences|Natasha Mascarenhas|September 17, 2020|TechCrunch
The product is multifunctional and has a ton of uses as a stand-alone product.
Tower 28 Announces Winner Of The Clean Beauty Summer School Program|Hope Wright|September 17, 2020|Essence.com
Making the most of that work — translating a successful clinical product into real-world progress — will require some patience.
The risks of moving too fast on a coronavirus vaccine|Sam Baker|September 17, 2020|Axios
She notes that Google does pollution monitoring and that IKEA has started buying up crop stubble, which is typically burned and a major source of pollution in India, to turn into products.
Why fighting climate change is key to America’s health|Erika Fry|September 16, 2020|Fortune
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
mainlyUSany 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