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production
[ pruh-duhk-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- Economics. the creation of value; the producing of articles having exchange value.
- the total amount produced:
Production is up this month.
- a work of literature or art.
- the act of presenting for display; presentation; exhibition:
the production of evidence in support of the case.
Synonyms: materialization, display, appearance, introduction
- Informal. an unnecessarily or exaggeratedly complicated situation or activity:
That child makes a production out of going to bed.
- the organization and presentation of a dramatic entertainment.
- the entertainment itself:
an expensive production.
adjective
- regularly manufactured; not custom-made, specially produced, or experimental:
a production model.
production
/ prəˈdʌkʃən /
noun
- the act of producing
- anything that is produced; product
- the amount produced or the rate at which it is produced
- economics the creation or manufacture for sale of goods and services with exchange value
- any work created as a result of literary or artistic effort
- the organization and presentation of a film, play, opera, etc
- the artistic direction of a play
- the supervision of the arrangement, recording, and mixing of a record
- the overall sound quality or character of a recording
the material is very strong but the production is poor
- modifier manufactured by a mass-production process
a production model of a car
- make a production out of or make a production of informal.to make an unnecessary fuss about
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Derived Forms
- proˈductional, adjective
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Other Words From
- pro·duction·al adjective
- nonpro·duction noun adjective
- super·pro·duction noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of production1
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Example Sentences
I think we handled it as well as we could have, given the exigencies of production.
Total oil production figures include crude oil, natural gas liquids, and other liquid energy products.
But with the pipeline, transportation costs drop and production would be higher.
The trio formed the Sad Boys collective, with Sherm and Gud on production and Lean manning the mic.
Google itself has taken a break and put plans for mass production on hold.
The improvement of transport still further swelled the volume of production.
Of the extent of this increased power of production we can only speak in general terms.
In the preceding chapter an examination has been made of the purely mechanical side of the era of machine production.
The carrying of these heavy government debts is a question of the future production of goods, of commerce, and of saving.
The imitative impulse prompting to the production of the semblance of something appears very early in child-life.
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