mass-produce

verb

mass-pro·​duce ˌmas-prə-ˈdüs How to pronounce mass-produce (audio)
-ˈdyüs
mass-produced; mass-producing; mass-produces

transitive verb

: to produce in quantity usually by machinery

Examples of mass-produce in a Sentence

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Only later did Europeans take cacao back to their homelands and later to Africa, where it was turned into a crop and mass-produced. John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026 With the help of Obruchev, Safin plans to mass-produce Heracles on an island called the Poison Garden, which was once owned by his family but commandeered by SPECTRE after their murder. Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026 The company plans to relocate its headquarters to a larger space and is ready to start mass-producing its rocket engines. Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026 New footage suggests that China might be close to mass-producing advanced stealth fighter jets, not just prototyping them as previously believed. Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mass-produce

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from mass production

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mass-produce was in 1923

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“Mass-produce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mass-produce. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

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mass-produce

verb
mass-pro·​duce
ˌmas-prə-ˈd(y)üs
: to produce in quantity usually by machinery
mass production noun
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