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Production

//pɹəˈdʌkʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of producing, making or creating something. countable, uncountable

    "The widget making machine is being used for production now."

  2. 2
    (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    the act or process of producing something wordnet
  5. 5
    The act of being produced. countable, uncountable

    "The widgets are coming out of production now."

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  1. 6
    the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services wordnet
  2. 7
    The total amount produced. countable, uncountable

    "They hope to increase spaghetti production next year."

  3. 8
    (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale wordnet
  4. 9
    The presentation of a theatrical work. countable, uncountable

    "We went to a production of Hamlet."

  5. 10
    an artifact that has been created by someone or some process wordnet
  6. 11
    An occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary. countable, uncountable

    "He made a simple meal into a huge production."

  7. 12
    a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television wordnet
  8. 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."

  9. 14
    a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated wordnet
  10. 15
    The act of lengthening out or prolonging. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time) wordnet
  12. 17
    An extension or protrusion. countable, uncountable
  13. 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."

  14. 19
    The environment where finished code runs, as opposed to staging or development. uncountable

    "production environment"

  15. 20
    Written documents produced in support of the action or defence. countable, in-plural, uncountable
  16. 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

Etymology

From Middle English produccioun, from Old French production, from Latin prōductiō, prōductiōnem (“a lengthening, prolonging”). Equivalent to produce + -tion. See produce.

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