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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.Ìýthe 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.Ìýan 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

/ ±è°ùəˈ»åÊŒ°ìʃə²Ô /

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. informalÌýto 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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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • productional adjective
  • nonproduction noun
  • superproduction noun
  • ±è°ù´Çˈ»å³Ü³¦³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô²¹±ô adjective
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of production1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin ±è°ùÅ»å³Ü³¦³Ù¾±Å²Ô-, stem of ±è°ùÅ»å³Ü³¦³Ù¾±Å “extension, lengtheningâ€; equivalent to product + -ion
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The first production, Our Town, will debut at Swansea Grand Theatre in January next year, before touring Wales.

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And more than 50 Israeli fighter jets conducted operations in Iran overnight, with strikes on an Iranian centrifuge facility, a missile production facility near Tehran, and a university linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

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“This permits potentially medical-grade, scalable production, something not achievable with fruiting bodies.â€

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The production also made use of drones and other small lightweight cameras.

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Last summer, a pair of FDA investigators arrived at another manufacturing plant in India that had a bustling production line.

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