Product Meaning
/ˈpɹɒd.əkt/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAnything that is produced; a result.
nounAnything that is produced; a result., The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.
Sentence Examples
We would like to distribute your product in Japan.
This new product of ours is a serious blow to our rival company.
The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The company launched a new beauty ____ that promises to reduce wrinkles within a week.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The company launched a new ____ that quickly became the best-selling item in its category.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Latin prōductusder. Middle English product English product From Middle English product, from Latin prōductus, perfect participle of prōdūcō, first attested in English in the mathematics sense.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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 The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts.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:
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The company launched a new beauty ____ that promises to reduce wrinkles within a week.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The company launched a new ____ that quickly became the best-selling item in its category.