production

[ pruh-duhk-shuhn ]

/ prəˈdʌk ʃən /

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noun

the act of producing; creation; manufacture.

something that is produced; a product.

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.

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.

OTHER WORDS FOR production

6 introduction, appearance, display, materialization.

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Origin of production

1400–50; late Middle English <Latin prōductiōn- (stem of prōductiō) a lengthening. See product, -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM production

pro·duc·tion·al, adjectivenon·pro·duc·tion, noun, adjectivesu·per·pro·duc·tion, noun

Words nearby production

producer gas, producer goods, product, product differentiation, productile, production, production control, production line, production number, production platform, production well

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How to use production in a sentence

Suffice to say it will be a fabulous season of proven hit productions at the beach.
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He warned that politics should have no place in the production of a vaccine.
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Palms that produce mangled fruit have an altered molecular switch that interferes with expression levels of genes relevant to healthy fruit production.
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Meanwhile, scripted and unscripted shows have returned to physical production.
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Other metrics, like investment and industrial production growth, have shown stronger signs of recovery.
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I think we handled it as well as we could have, given the exigencies of production.
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Total oil production figures include crude oil, natural gas liquids, and other liquid energy products.
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But with the pipeline, transportation costs drop and production would be higher.
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The trio formed the Sad Boys collective, with Sherm and Gud on production and Lean manning the mic.
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Google itself has taken a break and put plans for mass production on hold.
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The improvement of transport still further swelled the volume of production.
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Of the extent of this increased power of production we can only speak in general terms.
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In the preceding chapter an examination has been made of the purely mechanical side of the era of machine production.
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The carrying of these heavy government debts is a question of the future production of goods, of commerce, and of saving.
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The imitative impulse prompting to the production of the semblance of something appears very early in child-life.
Children's Ways|James Sully

British Dictionary definitions for production

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

British 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 recordingthe material is very strong but the production is poor

(modifier) manufactured by a mass-production processa production model of a car

make a production out of or make a production of informal to make an unnecessary fuss about

Derived forms of production

productional, adjective

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