production

[ pruh-duhk-shuhn ]

/ prəˈdʌk ʃən /

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.

Origin of production

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

SYNONYMS FOR production

6 introduction, appearance, display, materialization.

OTHER WORDS FROM production

pro·duc·tion·al, adjective non·pro·duc·tion, noun, adjective su·per·pro·duc·tion, noun

Words nearby production

product life cycle, product line, product mark, product placement, productile, production, production control, production line, production number, production platform, production well

Example sentences from the Web for non-production

The excuse given for non-production of authority was that the addressee was asleep.

The Bristol Royal Mail |R. C. Tombs
The prisoner's counsel saw the necessity of exhibiting it, or giving some reasonable explanation for its non-production.

Twelve Years a Slave |Solomon Northup
The manner of the production of souls, or rather their non-production is admirably well set down in Plotinus, See, Ennead.

Democritus Platonissans |Henry More
If he must see Lord Averil—and there could be no escape—what should be his plea for the non-production of those deeds?

The Shadow of Ashlydyat |Mrs. Henry Wood

Among the losses we suffer, from the causes mentioned, the non-production of new inventions is by no means the least.

A New Banking System |Lysander Spooner

British Dictionary definitions for non-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 process a 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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production

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adjective

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BROWSE DICTIONARY

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production

noun

adjective

Origin of production

SYNONYMS FOR production

OTHER WORDS FROM production

Words nearby production

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