produces

Produces is the third-person singular present tense of the verb produce. It means to bring something into existence, to create, to cause to come about, or to manufacture or yield something. It can refer to making goods, generating results, or yielding natural outputs such as crops or emissions. In sentences, for example: The factory produces toys daily; The plant produces fruit each season.

Usage notes: As a transitive verb, produces typically takes a direct object. Examples include: a company produces cars, a farmer produces corn. In economics and science, produce can refer to output or yield. The term can also describe causing a reaction or effect, as in a discovery that produces new insights.

Related forms include produce (the base form), produced (past tense), producing (present participle), production (noun), and producer (agent noun). The word’s sense shifts across domains from manufacturing to agriculture to abstract outcomes.

Etymology: produce comes from Latin producere, from pro- “forward” and ducere “to lead,” entering English via Old French as produire. The sense “to bring forth” predates more specialized uses such as manufacturing or agricultural yield.

See also: producer, production, productive, yield, agriculture, manufacturing.