What does product mean?

Definitions for product
ˈprɒd əkt, -ʌktprod·uct

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word product.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. merchandise, ware, productnoun

    commodities offered for sale

    "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products"

  2. product, productionnoun

    an artifact that has been created by someone or some process

    "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"

  3. product, mathematical productnoun

    a quantity obtained by multiplication

    "the product of 2 and 3 is 6"

  4. productnoun

    a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction

    "a product of lime and nitric acid"

  5. productnoun

    a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances

    "skill is the product of hours of practice"; "his reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue"

  6. intersection, product, Cartesian productnoun

    the set of elements common to two or more sets

    "the set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things"

Wiktionary

  1. productnoun

    A commodity offered for sale.

  2. productnoun

    The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.

    They improve their product every year; they export most of their agricultural production.

  3. productnoun

    A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.

    Skill is the product of hours of practice; His reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue.

  4. productnoun

    A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.

    This is a product of lime and nitric acid.

  5. productnoun

    A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers.

  6. productnoun

    categorical product

  7. productnoun

    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.

  8. productnoun

    The outcome or 'thingness' of an activity, especially in contrast to a process by which it was created or altered.

    This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.

  9. productnoun

    Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.

    I got some product here you buying?

  10. Etymology: productus, perfect participle of produco, first attested in English in the mathematics sense.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Productnoun

    Etymology: productus, Lat. produit, Fr

    The landholder, having nothing but what the product of his land will yield, must take the market-rate. John Locke.

    Our British products are of such kinds and quantities, as can turn the balance of trade to our advantage. Addison.

    Range in the same quarter, the products of the same season. Spectator.

    See thy bright altars
    Heap’d with the products of Sabæan springs. Alexander Pope.

    Most of those books, which have obtained great reputation in the world, are the products of great and wise men. Isaac Watts.

    These are the product
    Of those ill-mated marriages. John Milton, Par. Lost.

ChatGPT

  1. product

    A product generally refers to anything that is produced or created through a process. This may refer to: 1. A tangible good that is manufactured or created to be sold to customers, such as electronics, vehicles, or food items. 2. The outcome of a mathematical operation, such as multiplication or addition. For example, in multiplication, 4 multiplied by 5 (4x5) equals 20; here, 20 is the product. 3. A marketing or business context, where a product can refer to goods, services, ideas, places, persons, or a combination thereof, that are offered for sale to satisfy the needs or wants of a consumer. 4. In science, a product can refer to the result of a chemical reaction (chemical product) or the substance created as the result of a biological process (biological product). 5. In project management or software development, a product can refer to the final output, solution, or software that has been developed. In general, the specific meaning of a product often depends on the context in which it is being used.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Productnoun

    anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes; as, the products of the season, or of the farm; the products of manufactures; the products of the brain

  2. Productnoun

    the number or sum obtained by adding one number or quantity to itself as many times as there are units in another number; the number resulting from the multiplication of two or more numbers; as, the product of the multiplication of 7 by 5 is 35. In general, the result of any kind of multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication

  3. Productverb

    to produce; to bring forward

  4. Productverb

    to lengthen out; to extend

  5. Productverb

    to produce; to make

Wikidata

  1. Product

    In marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a market that might satisfy a want or need. In retailing, products are called merchandise. In manufacturing, products are bought as raw materials and sold as finished goods. Commodities are usually raw materials such as metals and agricultural products, but a commodity can also be anything widely available in the open market. In project management, products are the formal definition of the project deliverables that make up or contribute to delivering the objectives of the project. In insurance, the policies are considered products offered for sale by the insurance company that created the contract. In economics and commerce, products belong to a broader category of goods. The economic meaning of product was first used by political economist Adam Smith. A related concept is subproduct, a secondary but useful result of a production process. Dangerous products, particularly physical ones, that cause injuries to consumers or bystanders may be subject to product liability.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Product

    prod′ukt, n. that which grows or is produced: work: composition: effect: (arith.) the result of numbers multiplied together: (Milt.) offspring.—v.t. Product′ (rare), to produce.—ns. Productibil′ity, capability of being produced; Produc′tion, act of producing: that which is produced: fruit: product: (pol. econ.) creation of values: (zool.) extension, protrusion: (pl.) in Scots law, written documents produced in support of the action or defence.—adj. Produc′tive, having the power to produce: generative: fertile: efficient.—adv. Produc′tively.—ns. Produc′tiveness, Productiv′ity.

Editors Contribution

  1. product

    A required intelligent and innovative creation of value for a specific purpose.

    The product catalogue is online, accessible and easy to view.


    Submitted by MaryC on October 7, 2020  


  2. product

    A specific type of item created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, shapes, sizes and styles to sell for a specific purpose.

    The company sold a variety of product on their website.


    Submitted by anonymous on March 20, 2016  

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'product' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #888

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'product' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1240

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'product' in Nouns Frequency: #156

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of product in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of product in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of product in a Sentence

  1. Grant Winterton:

    It's true there are too many teens using our product, but they are far the minority.

  2. Gary Pruden:

    Our goal is to have a lower-cost product, with the smallest footprint, with greater capability, that helps to raise the standard of care, that would be a market disruption.

  3. Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Hernandez:

    Camimpeg's services are broad, from exploitation and drilling of oil wells and distribution of their product to the treatment of raw materials, preparation of the area to be exploited, support, logistics, extraction of minerals, transport of valuables.

  4. Jason Clampet:

    Expedia will have a lot more sway going in with hotels now and saying ‘ give us this preferred position, ’ but hotels can still sell their product on their own. It’s not like a milk company that has to rely on a store to sell the milk for them. They can just sell direct to consumers. And a larger brand like a Hilton or a Starwood or a Marriott has other distribution methods. They’re in a better position to negotiate than they have been before, and they’ve also come up with ways to give consumers incentives to book directly with them.

  5. Lori Malcolm:

    I, like you, am appalled and disappointed by what I saw in that video, we spoke to the employee in the video and her mother — and the employee is very sorry and embarrassed about what happened. The product was never served to a guest.

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