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product

noun
prod·​uct | \ ˈprä-(ËŒ)dÉ™kt How to pronounce product (audio) \

Definition of product

1 : the number or expression resulting from the multiplication together of two or more numbers or expressions
2a(1) : something produced especially : commodity sense 1
(2) : something (such as a service) that is marketed or sold as a commodity
b : something resulting from or necessarily following from a set of conditions a product of his environment
3 : the amount, quantity, or total produced

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Examples of product in a Sentence

The company's newest product is selling well. The sap used to make maple syrup is a natural product. This book is the product of many years of hard work. The finished product was a beautiful vase.
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Recent Examples on the Web

The company told the regulator a carcass that was awaiting test results had been mistakenly put back into the production line, where it was processed into a variety of products. Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, "California meat-processing company recalls nearly 25,000 pounds of raw beef deemed unsafe to eat," 5 Sep. 2019 Cavallo's specific type of textured implant—a Natrelle 410 Highly Cohesive Anatomically Shaped Silicone Filled Breast Implant—was on the FDA's list of affected products. Maggie O'neill, Health.com, "'I Got Implants After Surviving Breast Cancer Twice—Then I Learned They Cause Cancer'," 4 Sep. 2019 All products will be available for purchase at Ulta Beauty. Jennifer Ford, Essence, "Tracee Ellis Ross Is Launching A New Hair Care Line," 3 Sep. 2019 With its fourth — and likely final — oral treatment for CF expected to win approval soon, Vertex has turned to potentially curative technologies like CRISPR genome editing and synthetic messenger RNA for its next generation of products. Damian Garde, STAT, "Vertex’s next act: a billion-dollar bet on a cure for type 1 diabetes," 3 Sep. 2019 You're probably well-acquainted with Boy Brow, one of Glossier's most beloved and established products. Jenny Hollander, Marie Claire, "Glossier and BARK Teamed Up for a Limited-Edition Dog Toy Line," 3 Sep. 2019 Companies producing most of America’s chicken products have met for almost a decade in Destin, Fla. to keep wages and benefits for their workforces at low levels, according to a lawsuit filed last week in Maryland. William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, "Federal lawsuit claims chicken producers fix wages, benefits," 3 Sep. 2019 All products are gluten free and cruelty-free, Funko reports on its website, and each villain's set comes with an eyeshadow palette, lip glosses, eyeliner, and brush set. Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, "Funko Announced Its Disney Villains Makeup Line," 31 Aug. 2019 All products featured on Bonappetit.com are independently selected by our editors. Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appétit, "All Hail BjornQorn, the (Still) Reigning King of BA’s Office Snack Table," 30 Aug. 2019

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First Known Use of product

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for product

in sense 1, from Middle English, from Medieval Latin productum, from Latin, something produced, from neuter of productus, past participle of producere; in other senses, from Latin productum

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More Definitions for product

product

noun

English Language Learners Definition of product

: something that is made or grown to be sold or used
: something that is the result of a process
: someone or something that is produced or influenced by a particular environment or experience

product

noun
prod·​uct | \ ˈprä-dÉ™kt How to pronounce product (audio) \

Kids Definition of product

1 : the number resulting from the multiplication of two or more numbers
2 : something resulting from manufacture, labor, thought, or growth

product

noun
prod·​uct | \ ˈpräd-(ËŒ)É™kt How to pronounce product (audio) \

Medical Definition of product

: a substance produced from one or more other substances as a result of chemical change

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product

noun
prod·​uct | \ ˈprä-ËŒdÉ™kt How to pronounce product (audio) \

Legal Definition of product

1 : the result of work or thought
2a : the output of an industry or firm
b : a thing created by manufacturing
3 in the civil law of Louisiana : something (as timber or a mineral) that is derived from something else and that diminishes the substance of the thing from which it is derived — compare fruit sense 2a