What does "production" mean?
The act of producing, making or creating something.
Production
/pɹəˈdʌkʃən/ noun
noun ·Very common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The act of producing, making or creating something.
- Grammar: production is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: output, yield, absolute music, accomplished fact.
- Useful contrasts: modern furniture design, receptive, abbreviation.
- Usage evidence: In communism, the means of production are owned by the state.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of producing, making or creating something. countable, uncountable
"The widget making machine is being used for production now."
- 2 (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law wordnet
- 3 The act of bringing something forward, out, etc., for use or consideration. countable, uncountable
"I tramped to a neighbouring market-town, and, late as the hour was, the production of a few shillings procured me supper and a night's lodging in a cheap coffee-house."
- 4 the act or process of producing something wordnet
- 5 The act of being produced. countable, uncountable
"The widgets are coming out of production now."
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- 6 the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services wordnet
- 7 The total amount produced. countable, uncountable
"They hope to increase spaghetti production next year."
- 8 (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale wordnet
- 9 The presentation of a theatrical work. countable, uncountable
"We went to a production of Hamlet."
- 10 an artifact that has been created by someone or some process wordnet
- 11 An occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary. countable, uncountable
"He made a simple meal into a huge production."
- 12 a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television wordnet
- 13 That which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model). countable, uncountable
"This is the final production model."
- 14 a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated wordnet
- 15 The act of lengthening out or prolonging. countable, uncountable
- 16 the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time) wordnet
- 17 An extension or protrusion. countable, uncountable
- 18 A rewrite rule specifying a symbol substitution that can be recursively performed to generate new symbol sequences. (More information on Wikipedia.) countable, uncountable
"Each production is implemented with a function."
- 19 The environment where finished code runs, as opposed to staging or development. uncountable
"production environment"
- 20 Written documents produced in support of the action or defence. countable, in-plural, uncountable
- 21 Writing viewed as the process of producing a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps such as conceptualization, formulation, expression and revision. countable, uncountable
Synonyms
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Example
"In communism, the means of production are owned by the state."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "production"?
Common synonyms include: output, yield, absolute music, accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement.
How do you use "production" in a sentence?
In communism, the means of production are owned by the state.
How do you pronounce "production"?
Pronounced /pɹəˈdʌkʃən/.
Etymology
From Middle English produccioun, from Old French production, from Latin prōductiō, prōductiōnem (“a lengthening, prolonging”). Equivalent to produce + -tion. See produce.