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production

[ pruh-duhk-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
  2. something that is produced; a product.
  3. Economics. the creation of value; the producing of articles having exchange value.
  4. the total amount produced:

    Production is up this month.

  5. a work of literature or art.
  6. the act of presenting for display; presentation; exhibition:

    the production of evidence in support of the case.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  7. Informal. an unnecessarily or exaggeratedly complicated situation or activity:

    That child makes a production out of going to bed.

  8. the organization and presentation of a dramatic entertainment.
  9. the entertainment itself:

    an expensive production.



adjective

  1. regularly manufactured; not custom-made, specially produced, or experimental:

    a production model.

production

/ əˈʌʃə /

noun

  1. the act of producing
  2. anything that is produced; product
  3. the amount produced or the rate at which it is produced
  4. economics the creation or manufacture for sale of goods and services with exchange value
  5. any work created as a result of literary or artistic effort
  6. the organization and presentation of a film, play, opera, etc
  7. the artistic direction of a play
    1. the supervision of the arrangement, recording, and mixing of a record
    2. the overall sound quality or character of a recording

      the material is very strong but the production is poor

  8. modifier manufactured by a mass-production process

    a production model of a car

  9. make a production out of or make a production of informal.
    to make an unnecessary fuss about
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܳپDzԲ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • ·ܳtDz· adjective
  • ԴDzp·ܳtDz noun adjective
  • p··ܳtDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of production1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin ōܳپō-, stem of ōܳپō “extension, lengthening”; equivalent to product + -ion
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John Patrick Mallon, of Catholic video production company Sancta Familia Media, said the city was already packed full of people, with "extraordinary security measures" put in place by the Italian government.

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Its biggest economies - Brazil and Argentina - are major exporters of soybeans and petroleum as well as, in Brazil's case, iron ore used in steel production.

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Most of the allegations came from production workers.

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He shares them with fans regularly at Disneyland, as well as on his YouTube production “The Bob Gurr Show.”

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The state’s entertainment industry has spent months begging for help from Sacramento to stem the decline of film and TV production and save thousands of jobs.

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