- produce
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ fresh▪ home-grown (esp. BrE), local▪ supermarket▪ seasonal▪ agricultural, dairy (esp. BrE), farm, garden, organic▪
fresh farm produce
▪ conventional, non-organic▪ quality▪There was limited access to quality produce.
VERB + PRODUCE▪ grow▪ export, market, sell▪ buy▪I buy my produce directly from farmers.
▪ eat▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}I'm eating more fresh produce than ever.
verbADVERB▪ domestically, locally▪fruit and vegetables that are produced locally
▪ commercially, industrially▪ artificially, synthetically▪ naturally▪ organically▪organically produced food
▪ sustainably▪the sale of sustainably produced timber
▪ annually▪the 700 million bottles of Bordeaux produced annually
▪ typically▪the sounds that are typically produced by an American orchestra
▪ consistently▪The changes have not consistently produced the desired results.
▪ efficiently, slickly▪These goods are more efficiently produced in small associations.
▪a slickly produced thriller
▪ beautifully, handsomely, lavishly▪this handsomely produced reference work
▪ professionally▪a professionally produced CD
▪ independently▪ cheaply▪The series was obviously cheaply produced.
VERB + PRODUCE▪ be able to, can, manage to▪ be unable to, cannot▪ may, might▪ be expected to, be likely to▪Which method is likely to produce the best results?
▪ help (to)▪ intend to▪He moved to California intending to produce a third novel.
▪ combine to, interact to▪All of these processes combine to produce a particular form of language.
▪ be designed to▪ use sth to▪The technology can be used to produce interactive educational programs.
PREPOSITION▪ from▪The wine is produced from Chardonnay grapes.
▪ with▪The letter has been produced with digital technology.
Produce is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑artist, ↑company, ↑country, ↑economy, ↑effort, ↑factory, ↑farm, ↑firm, ↑generator, ↑industry, ↑meeting, ↑mill, ↑mine, ↑nature, ↑plant, ↑research, ↑talk, ↑treeProduce is used with these nouns as the object: ↑abundance, ↑acid, ↑adaptation, ↑album, ↑armaments, ↑art, ↑article, ↑baby, ↑backlash, ↑beef, ↑benefit, ↑berry, ↑biography, ↑bloom, ↑blossom, ↑brandy, ↑brief, ↑brochure, ↑bulletin, ↑calf, ↑car, ↑carbon dioxide, ↑catalogue, ↑CD, ↑CD-ROM, ↑change, ↑charcoal, ↑checklist, ↑chemical, ↑chip, ↑cloth, ↑coal, ↑coke, ↑collection, ↑commodity, ↑compound, ↑copper, ↑copy, ↑corn, ↑crop, ↑culture, ↑current, ↑decrease, ↑defect, ↑design, ↑directory, ↑disc, ↑dividend, ↑document, ↑documentary, ↑draft, ↑drama, ↑drug, ↑DVD, ↑echo, ↑edition, ↑effect, ↑egg, ↑electricity, ↑embryo, ↑emission, ↑energy, ↑equivalent, ↑estimate, ↑euphoria, ↑evidence, ↑fabric, ↑film, ↑finish, ↑fit, ↑flow, ↑flower, ↑fluctuation, ↑food, ↑force, ↑forecast, ↑friction, ↑fruit, ↑fuel, ↑fumes, ↑gain, ↑gas, ↑gold, ↑goods, ↑grain, ↑graph, ↑graphics, ↑gun, ↑heat, ↑heir, ↑honey, ↑hormone, ↑idea, ↑identification, ↑illusion, ↑image, ↑imagery, ↑improvement, ↑increase, ↑insight, ↑inventory, ↑iron, ↑journal, ↑knife, ↑leaf, ↑leaflet, ↑light, ↑magazine, ↑manual, ↑map, ↑masterpiece, ↑material, ↑milk, ↑miracle, ↑model, ↑movement, ↑movie, ↑mucus, ↑mural, ↑music, ↑mutation, ↑narrative, ↑negative, ↑newspaper, ↑noise, ↑novel, ↑odour, ↑oil, ↑outcome, ↑output, ↑oxygen, ↑ozone, ↑package, ↑painting, ↑pamphlet, ↑paper, ↑pass, ↑passport, ↑pattern, ↑performance, ↑piece, ↑pistol, ↑plastic, ↑plutonium, ↑pollen, ↑pollution, ↑pottery, ↑power, ↑product, ↑profit, ↑proof, prospectus, ↑protein, ↑prototype, ↑radioactivity, ↑range, ↑reaction, ↑receipt, ↑recommendation, ↑record, ↑recording, ↑reduction, ↑replica, ↑reply, ↑report, ↑representation, ↑research, ↑response, ↑result, ↑return, ↑revenue, ↑rice, ↑saliva, ↑save, ↑saving, ↑seed, ↑sensation, ↑settlement, ↑shadow, ↑shift, ↑shoot, ↑side effect, ↑signal, ↑silk, ↑single, ↑slime, ↑solution, ↑sound, ↑spark, ↑sperm, ↑statistics, ↑steam, ↑steel, ↑stereotype, ↑substance, ↑substitute, ↑sugar, ↑supply, ↑surplus, ↑symptom, ↑syndrome, ↑text, ↑theory, ↑tornado, ↑torrent, ↑track, ↑trail, ↑translation, ↑unit, ↑uranium, ↑vacuum, ↑version, ↑vibration, ↑victory, ↑video, ↑voltage, ↑waste, ↑wave, ↑wealth, ↑weapon, ↑whisky, ↑wine, ↑wool, ↑work, ↑yield
Collocations dictionary. 2013.