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pro·duc·tion (prə duk′s̸hən, prō-)

noun

  1. the act or process of producing
  2. the rate of producing or amount produced
    1. something produced; product
    2. a work of art, literature, etc.
    3. a work produced on the stage, as a film, etc.
  4. Econ. the creation of economic value; producing of goods and services

Etymology: LME < MFr < L productio

adjective

designating or of a product, as a motor vehicle or boat, made in quantity for general sale
production Idioms

make a production (out) of

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Informal to dwell on, fuss over, elaborate, etc. needlessly and annoyingly

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production Synonyms

production

n.

  1. The act of producing

    origination, creation, authoring, reproduction, yielding, giving, bearing, rendering, giving forth, increasing, augmentation, accrual, return, procreation, occasioning, generation, engendering, fructification, fruiting, blooming, blossoming; see also making.

  2. The amount produced

    crop, result, stock; see product 2.

  3. Something produced

    product, composition, theatrical performance, motion picture, movie.

make a production out of*

fuss over, elaborate, exaggerate; see overdo 1.


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production Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • cease: Herbert accused Recorde of treason, removed him from control of the Bristol mint which ceased production.

Adjective modifier

  • agricultural: In the United States ( US ), less than 2 % of the population is now engaged in agricultural production.

Modifies a noun

  • capacity: The new plant will raise Plantic's annual production capacity from 5000 tons to 10,000.

Noun used with modifier

  • livestock: For livestock production, equivalent organic systems show a better energy ratio in all cases.
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production quotes

A perfect tragedy is the noblest production of human nature.

-Addison,Joseph

  From the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. There isgrandeur in this view of life.

-Darwin, Charles Robert

The society that will organize production on the basis of a free and equal association of the producers will put the whole machinery of the state where it will then belong: into the museum of antiquities, by the side of the spinning wheel and the bronze axe.

-Engels, Friedrich

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