Produced

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /pɹəˈd͡ʒuːst/

Definitions

1. Something that has been created, made, or manufactured through effort or a process ; something brought into existence or caused by an action or event
2. Refers to items or results generated by a specific method or labor ; refers to outcomes or events caused directly by an agent or condition
3. Indicates objects or results formed by deliberate action or natural process ; denotes situations or effects initiated or triggered by something

Etymology: "Produced" is the past tense and past participle of "produce", which came into Middle English from Latin "prōdūcō", literally "to lead forth." The Latin word joins "prō-", meaning "forth" or "forward," with "dūcō", "to lead or bring," the same root that gives English "duke," "conduct" and "aqueduct." The sense that matters here is the one that makes "produced" mean "caused to exist." The Latin verb was built around the image of leading something out into view, bringing a thing forward from where it was hidden or unformed. Over centuries that picture of leading forth widened from taking someone out of a place to bringing an object, a crop or an idea into being, which is the meaning the verb carries today.

Synonyms: created, manufactured, generated, developed

Antonyms: destroyed, eliminated, erased