| production | | |
| n. (act) | 1. production | the act or process of producing something.; "Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous"; "the production of white blood cells" |
| ~ human action, human activity, act, deed | something that people do or cause to happen. |
| ~ rainmaking | activity intended to produce rain. |
| ~ devising, fashioning, making | the act that results in something coming to be.; "the devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans"; "the making of measurements"; "it was already in the making" |
| ~ foliation | the production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves. |
| ~ canalisation, canalization | the production of a canal or a conversion to canals. |
| ~ growing | (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state. |
| ~ steel production | making steel from pig iron. |
| n. (communication) | 2. production | a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television.; "have you seen the new production of Hamlet?" |
| ~ presentation | the act of making something publicly available; presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it.; "he prepared his presentation carefully in advance" |
| ~ staging, theatrical production | the production of a drama on the stage. |
| ~ coup de theatre | a sensational bit of stagecraft. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. product, production | an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" |
| ~ book, volume | physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together.; "he used a large book as a doorstop" |
| ~ book | a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge.; "he bought a book of stamps" |
| ~ spin-off, by-product, byproduct | a product made during the manufacture of something else. |
| ~ creation | an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone. |
| ~ deliverable | something that can be provided as the product of development.; "under this contract the deliverables include both software and hardware" |
| ~ end product, output | final product; the things produced. |
| ~ brainchild, inspiration | a product of your creative thinking and work.; "he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists"; "after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality" |
| ~ job | an object worked on; a result produced by working.; "he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right" |
| ~ magazine | product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object.; "tripped over a pile of magazines" |
| ~ newspaper, paper | the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher.; "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper" |
| ~ outturn, turnout, output | what is produced in a given time period. |
| ~ turnery | products made on a lathe. |
| ~ piece of work, work | a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing.; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time" |
| ~ fruit, yield | an amount of a product. |
| ~ film, motion-picture show, motion picture, movie, moving-picture show, moving picture, pic, picture show, flick, picture | a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" |
| n. (act) | 4. production | (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law.; "the appellate court demanded the production of all documents" |
| ~ exhibition | the act of exhibiting.; "a remarkable exhibition of musicianship" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (quantity) | 5. output, production, yield | the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time).; "production was up in the second quarter" |
| ~ indefinite quantity | an estimated quantity. |
| ~ picking, pick | the quantity of a crop that is harvested.; "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years" |
| n. (communication) | 6. production | a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated.; "she tends to make a big production out of nothing" |
| ~ display | behavior that makes your feelings public.; "a display of emotion" |
| n. (act) | 7. production | (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale.; "he introduced more efficient methods of production" |
| ~ mass production | the production of large quantities of a standardized article (often using assembly line techniques). |
| ~ overproduction, overrun | too much production or more than expected. |
| ~ underproduction | inadequate production or less than expected. |
| ~ yield, output | production of a certain amount. |
| ~ capacity | the maximum production possible.; "the plant is working at 80 per cent capacity" |
| ~ breeding | the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization. |
| ~ brewing | the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast. |
| ~ cultivation | (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale). |
| ~ cultivation | the act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale). |
| ~ generation | the production of heat or electricity.; "dams were built for the generation of electricity" |
| ~ mining, excavation | the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth. |
| ~ quarrying | the extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry. |
| ~ oil production, boring, drilling | the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum. |
| ~ sericulture | the production of raw silk by raising silkworms. |
| ~ manufacture, industry | the organized action of making of goods and services for sale.; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production" |
| ~ economic science, economics, political economy | the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management. |
| n. (act) | 8. production | the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services. |
| ~ creation, creative activity | the human act of creating. |
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