Dictionary Definition
production
Noun
1 (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing
something (usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced
more efficient methods of production"
2 a presentation for the stage or screen or radio
or television; "have you seen the new production of Hamlet?"
3 the act or process of producing something;
"Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous"; "the production
of white blood cells"
4 an artifact that has been created by someone or
some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export
most of their agricultural production" [syn: product]
5 (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law;
"the appellate court demanded the production of all
documents"
6 the quantity of something (as a commodity) that
is created (usually within a given period of time); "production was
up in the second quarter" [syn: output, yield]
7 a display that is exaggerated or unduly
complicated; "she tends to make a big production out of
nothing"
8 the creation of value or wealth by producing
goods and services
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- the act of producing
- The widget making machine is being used for production now.
- the act of being produced
- The widgets are coming out of production now.
- the total amount produced
- They hope to increase spaghetti production next year.
- the presentation of a theatrical work
- We went to a production of Hamlet.
- an occasion or
activity made more
complicated than
necessary
- He made a simple meal into a huge production.
- that which is manufactured or is ready for
manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model)
- This is the final production model.
Derived terms
Translations
the act of producing
- Finnish: valmistaminen, tuotanto, valmistus
- French: production
- German: Produktion
- Swedish: produktion
the act of being produced
- Finnish: tuotanto, valmistus
- French: production
- German: Produktion
the total amount produced
- Czech: výroba
- Finnish: tuotanto, valmistus
- French: production
- German: Produktion
- Kurdish:
- Swedish: produktion
the presentation of a theatrical work
- German: Produktion
- Swedish: produktion
an occasion or activity made more complicated
than necessary
that which is manufactured or is ready for
manufacturing in volume
- ttbc Spanish: elaboración
French
Pronunciation
- /pʁɔ.dyk.sjɔ̃/|lang=fr
- SAMPA: /pRO.dyk.sjO~/
Noun
fr-noun f- production
Extensive Definition
Production may be:
Fashioning of goods:
- Production, manufacturing
- Production as statistic, gross domestic product
- Production, phase of filmmaking
Entertainment:
- Production, category of illusory magic trick
Abstract systems:
- Production (computer science), formal-grammar concept
- Production system, programming method
See also
production in Simple English: Production
production in Finnish:
Tuotantotekniikka
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Nachtmusik, absolute music,
accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement, act, acta, action, adaptation, adventure, aftermath, air varie, aleatory, aleatory music,
anatomy, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, article, artifact, assembly, attainment, autograph, bearing, benefit, best seller, bill, blow, book, bound book, brainchild, build, building, bumper crop, carrying
out, casting, chamber
music, chamber orchestra, child, classic, coinage, coloring book, composition, computer
printout, concoction,
conformation,
constitution,
construction,
consummation,
copy, coup, creation, creature, crop, crowning achievement,
dealings, debut, deed, definitive work, demonstration, descant, development, direction, discharge, dispatch, display, distillation, document, doing, doings, draft, drama, dress rehearsal, edited
version, effect, effectuation, effort, electronic music,
elongation, enactment, end product, end
result, endeavor,
engrossment,
enterprise, entertainment, essay, essence, etude, execution, exercise, exhibit, exhibition, exploit, exposition, exposure, extension, extract, fabric, fabrication, fair copy, fait
accompli, farewell performance, fashion, fashioning, feat, fiction, film, final draft, finished
version, first draft, flesh show, flimsy, folio, forging, form, format, formation, forming, frame, fructification, fruit, fruition, fulfillment, gest, getup, go, great work, hand, handiwork, hardback, harmonization, harvest, holograph, implementation,
incidental music, instrumental music, invention, issue, job, juvenile, juvenile book,
lengthening,
letter, limp-cover book,
literae scriptae, literary artefact, literary production, literature, lucubration, magnum opus,
make, makeup, making, maneuver, manufacture, manufacturing, manuscript, masterpiece, masterwork, matter, measure, mintage, mise-en-scene, mission
accomplished, mold,
molding, motion picture,
mounting, move, movie, moving picture, multiplication, new
mintage, nocturne,
nonbook, nonfiction, notebook, novel, oeuvre, offspring, opening, opera, operation, opus, opuscule, opusculum, orchestration, organic
structure, organism,
organization,
original, origination, ostentation, outcome, outgrowth, output, overt act, paper, paperback, parchment, passage, pattern, patterning, penscript, performance, physique, picture book,
piece, piece of writing,
plan, play, playbook, pocket book, poem, prayer book, premiere, preparation, presentation, presentment, printed matter,
printout, proceeding, proceeds, produce, producing, product, program music, projection, proliferation, prolification, prolongation, protraction, psalmbook, psalter, publication, pullulation, putting out,
reading matter, realization, recension, rehearsal, representation, reproduction, res gestae,
result, retrospective, ricercar, run-through, score, screed, scrip, script, scrive, scroll, second crop, second
draft, serial, setting, setup, shape, shaping, show, showing, sketchbook, soft-cover,
sonata, sonatina, songbook, stage management,
stage presentation, staging, standard work, step, storybook, strain, stretch, stretching, string orchestra,
string quartet, stringing out, stroke, structure, structuring, study, stunt, success, swan song, tectonics, tension, texture, the written word,
theatrical performance, theme and variations, thing, thing done, tissue, title, tome, tour de force, trade book,
transaction,
transcript, transcription, trio, tryout, turn, turnout, typescript, undertaking, unfolding, unfoldment, unveiling, variation, varnishing day,
vernissage, version, vintage, volume, walk-through, warp and
woof, weave, web, work, works, writing, yield