production
Other forms: productions
Production is the process of goods being made or manufactured. If people like the cupcakes you sell about school events, you might have to increase production by baking in both your kitchen and your neighbor's.
Anything that's made or grown is the result of production, from the harvesting of grains, vegetables, and fruits to the drilling of oil. Even your crafty friend handles the production of the handmade bookmarks she sells. Another common meaning of production is the work that goes into the making of a movie, play, or album. From this meaning comes the phrase make a production of, to do something in an overly complicated, or theatrical, way.
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the act or process of producing something“Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous”“the production of white blood cells”types:rainmakingactivity intended to produce rainfoliationthe production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leavesgrowing(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten statesteel productionmaking steel from pig ironBessemer processan industrial process for making steel using a Bessemer converter to blast air through molten iron and thus burning the excess carbon and impurities; the first successful method of making steel in quantity at low costepitaxygrowing a crystal layer of one mineral on the crystal base of another mineral in such a manner that its crystalline orientation is the same as that of the substrateopen-hearth processa process for making steel using an open-hearth furnacetype of:
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(economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale“he introduced more efficient methods of production”types:mass productionthe production of large quantities of a standardized article (often using assembly line techniques)underproductioninadequate production or less than expectedcapacitythe maximum production possiblebreedingthe production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridizationbrewingthe production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeastcultivation(agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)cultivationthe act of raising or growing plantsgenerationthe production of heat or electricityquarryingthe extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarryboring, drilling, oil productionthe act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleumsericulturethe production of raw silk by raising silkwormsautosexing(especially of domestic fowl) breeding to reveal differential sex characteristics at hatchingcattle breedingbreeding cattledog breedingbreeding dogshorse breedingbreeding horsesaquaculturerearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for foodculturethe raising of plants or animalstillingcultivation of the land in order to raise cropsplacer miningmining valuable minerals from a placer by washing or dredgingtype of:
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the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services
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the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)“production was up in the second quarter”type of:indefinite quantityan estimated quantity
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an artifact that has been created by someone or some process“they export most of their agricultural production”synonyms: producttypes:booka number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edgedeliverablesomething that can be provided as the product of developmentjoban object worked on; a result produced by workingmagazineproduct consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical objectturneryproducts made on a lathepiece of work, worka product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thingfilm, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture, picture showa form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movementalbuma book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etccoffee-table bookan elaborate oversize book suitable for displaying on a coffee tablecropthe output of something in a seasonfolioa book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pagesironworkwork made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc)journala record book as a physical objectlaceworkwork consisting of (or resembling) lace fabriclacquerwarea decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metalsleatherworkwork made of leathermetalworkthe metal parts of somethingnovela printed and bound book that is an extended work of fictionopenworkornamental work (such as embroidery or latticework) having a pattern of openingsorder booka book in which customers' orders are entered; usually makes multiple copies of the orderpaper-back book, paperback, paperback book, soft-cover, soft-cover book, softback, softback booka book with paper coverspicture booka book consisting chiefly of picturespolychromea piece of work composed of or decorated in many colorssilverworkdecorative work made of silversketch block, sketch pad, sketchbooka book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawnthroughputoutput relative to input; the amount passing through a system from input to output (especially of a computer program over a period of time)turningthe end-product created by shaping something on a lathewoodworkwork made of wood; especially moldings or stairways or furniturework in progressa piece of work that is not yet finishedworkpiecework consisting of a piece of metal being machinednotebooka book with blank pages for recording notes or memorandapublicationa copy of a printed work offered for distributiontelefilma movie that is made to be shown on televisionfinal cutthe final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producerhome moviea film made at home by an amateur photographercollage filma movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footagecoming attractiona movie that is advertised to draw customersshoot-'em-upa movie featuring shooting and violenceshort subjecta brief film; often shown prior to showing the featuredocudrama, documentary, documentary film, infotainmenta film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or eventcinema veritea movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a directorfilm noira movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical charactersskin flicka pornographic movierough cutthe first print of a movie after preliminary editingslow motiona movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster ratemusical, musical comedy, musical theatera play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancingtype of:creationan artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
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a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television“have you seen the new production of Hamlet?”types:coup de theatrea highly successful theatrical productionsummer stocktheatrical productions performed by a stock company during the summertype of:presentationthe act of making something publicly available; presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it
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(law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law“the appellate court demanded the production of all documents”type of:exhibitionthe act of exhibiting
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a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated“she tends to make a big production out of nothing”type of:displaybehavior that makes your feelings public
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