producer

[ pruh-doo-ser, -dyoo- ]

/ prəˈdu sər, -ˈdyu- /

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noun

a person who produces.

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

a person responsible for the financial and administrative aspects of a stage, film, television, or radioproduction; 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.Compare director (def. 3).

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

an apparatus for making producer gas.

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

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Origin of producer

First recorded in 1505–15; produce + -er¹

OTHER WORDS FROM producer

non·pro·duc·er, noun

Words nearby producer

prodromal, prodromal stage, prodrome, prodrug, produce, producer, produce race, producer gas, producer goods, product, product differentiation

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How to use producer in a sentence

In anticipation of third-party tracking disappearing, they have redoubled investment in solidifying their direct relationship with farmers, ranchers and producers.
Splitting the atom: Decoupling audience from inventory unleashes power of pubs|Trevor Grigoruk|February 9, 2021|Digiday
Broadway theaters all have far more than 150 seats, however, and producers say they need to completely fill those typically 1,000-to-2,000-seat spaces for shows to be profitable.
Arts in New York to get shot in the arm with celebrity-filled pop-up shows|Peter Marks|February 8, 2021|Washington Post
Falling back on his career-making years as executive producer of NBC’s “Today” show, he overhauled CNN’s morning program.
CNN President Jeff Zucker expects to leave the network at the end of this year|Paul Farhi, Jeremy Barr|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
Baby food producers may be adding ingredients into their products, such as vitamin and mineral mixes, that contain high levels of toxic heavy metals.
New report finds toxic heavy metals in popular baby foods. FDA failed to warn consumers of risk.|Laura Reiley|February 4, 2021|Washington Post

She told her sister Laura about it in a Zoom, mentioned it to her producer, Raj Desai, and then recounted it on “The Sarah Silverman Podcast” a few days later.
Sarah Silverman just wants to make things right|Geoff Edgers|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
It was a Senate floor soap opera over none other than a soap-opera producer.
U.S. Embassies Have Always Been for Sale|William O’Connor|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
As a producer on The Gambler, he read a bunch of women for the female lead, and settled on Larson.
Brie Larson’s Hollywood Transformation|Marlow Stern|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In any case, some enterprising independent producer might have enough material for a reality-show pilot.
The Bloodiest Media Coups of 2014|Lloyd Grove|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Depending on the producer, Champagne can also be highly cloyingly sweet, buttery, or round, or mineral.
Champagne: You’re Drinking It All Wrong|Kayleigh Kulp|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It's a lot of pressure on host/producer Sarah Koenig, something she addresses in the beginning of the episode.
What if 'Serial' Has No Ending?|Alex Chancey, The Daily Beast Video|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many growers not only pack their own crop, but buy up that of others, thus acting as both producer and buyer.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The "effects" were astonishingly well contrived by both author and producer (Mr. Holman Clark).
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920|Various
Ugly wasn't a roarin' success as a producer—jist idled and fuddled until he got to be a man.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney
He's a cabinetmaker, Miss Bassett,—a producer of antiques, and a good one; and about the gentlest human being you ever saw.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson
Like Ptah, Ea also developed from an artisan god into a sublime Creator in the highest sense, not merely as a producer of crops.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria|Donald A. Mackenzie

British Dictionary definitions for producer

producer

/ (prəˈdjuːsə) /

noun

a person or thing that produces

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

US and Canadian a person who organizes the stage production of a play, including the finance, management, etc

the person who takes overall administrative responsibility for a film or television programmeCompare director (def. 4)

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

economics a person or business enterprise that generates goods or services for saleCompare consumer (def. 1)

chem an apparatus or plant for making producer gas

(often plural) ecology an organism, esp a green plant, that builds up its own tissues from simple inorganic compoundsSee also consumer (def. 3), decomposer

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Medical definitions for producer

producer

[ prə-dōō′sər, prō- ]

A photosynthetic green plant or chemosynthetic bacterium, constituting the first trophic level in a food chain; an autotrophic organism.

Scientific definitions for producer

producer

[ prə-dōō′sər ]

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. Compare consumer.

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