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

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How to use production in a sentence

I have learned a lot about productions and the abilities I have in this realm.
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Her mother had a musical theater background, so Malone grew up backstage, watching productions come to fruition.
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I do realize the difficulty in totally canceling productions of this opera.
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This Is Our Youth received two off-Broadway productions in 1996 and 1998, both featuring Mark Ruffalo and Missy Yager.
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And, Scott is never one to disappoint with his runway productions.
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I may as well say it here: with my poetical productions I was never satisfied any more than with my attempts at drawing.
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Such are the characteristics, says this enthusiastic admirer of these productions of Steiner's third or last epoch.
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He was a learned man, author of several literary productions, and was offered the primacy, which he declined.
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All these gross absurdities show, that the real spirit has nothing whatever to do with such absurd doctrines or productions.
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Some of our best travels, some of our most amusing literary productions, have been the compositions of military men.
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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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