producer

American  

[pruh-doo-ser, -dyoo-] / prəˈdu sər, -ˈdju- /

noun

producers plural

1. a person who produces.

2. Economics. a person who creates economic value, or produces goods and services.

3. a person responsible for the financial and administrative aspects of a stage, film, television, or radio production; the person who exercises general supervision of a production and is responsible chiefly for raising money, hiring technicians and artists, etc., required to stage a play, make a motion picture, or the like.

4. British Theater. (formerly) a director of theatrical productions; stage director.

5. an apparatus for making producer gas.

6. Ecology. an organism, as a plant, that is able to produce its own food from inorganic substances.

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producer British  

/ prəˈdjuːsə /

noun

1. a person or thing that produces

2. a person responsible for the artistic direction of a play, including interpretation of the script, preparation of the actors, and overall design

3. a person who organizes the stage production of a play, including the finance, management, etc

4. the person who takes overall administrative responsibility for a film or television programme Compare director

5. the person who supervises the arrangement, recording, and mixing of a record

6. economics a person or business enterprise that generates goods or services for sale Compare consumer

7. chem an apparatus or plant for making producer gas

8. (often plural) ecology an organism, esp a green plant, that builds up its own tissues from simple inorganic compounds See also consumer decomposer

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producer Scientific  

/ prə-do̅o̅′sər /

1. An autotrophic organism that serves as a source of food for other organisms in a food chain. Producers include green plants, which produce food through photosynthesis, and certain bacteria that are capable of converting inorganic substances into food through chemosynthesis.

2. Compare consumer

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• nonproducer
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• producers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of producer

First recorded in 1505–15; produce + -er ¹

Explanation

If you have the chance to travel to Brazil, you might get to visit the largest producer of coffee beans in the world. A producer is a maker or manufacturer of something. Since the 1500s, the word producer has been used to mean "one who produces." In the late 1800s it began to have a second meaning, "someone who finances and supervises a show". A movie producer oversees the making of films in various ways, including raising money, and a record producer does a similar job in the music industry, working with musicians. This kind of producer is more of a supervisor and adviser than the actual maker of the finished product.

Example Sentences

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And that’s the result of a formidable quantity of skills acquired over half a century immersed in the rock ‘n’ roll trenches, whether as a listener, critic, producer, or active participant.

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026

Our local Palestinian producer was the first to notice them.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

CBS News is adding several high-profile journalists to “60 Minutes” as new executive producer Nick Bilton begins reshaping the iconic newsmagazine following months of upheaval.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

On the evidence of these letters, she had two great loves: Ahmet Ertegun, a principal founder of Atlantic Records, and Tom Dowd, renown recording engineer and producer who worked for Ertegun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

The famous producer told him he was good in the role, even if his voice did crack once or twice in the higher registers.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Last month, Adeyemi shared photos to her social media channel suggesting tensions between her and the film's producers.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

We tried to find new producers with whom we felt a deep connection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Paramount has said it wanted to increase production of movies and TV shows, a strategy that would require buying more projects from outside producers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

The bulk of these payments will flow to the roughly 150,000 farms that constitute the largest 10% of crop producers.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

For the segment, I would be interviewed by Ellen and then do a fencing demonstration with one of her producers.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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