production (redirected from productions)

pro·duc·tion  (pr-dkshn, pr-)

n.

1.

a. The act or process of producing: timber used for the production of lumber and paper.

b. The fact or process of being produced: a movie going into production.

2. The creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services.

3. The total output, as of a commodity: increased production at the plant.

4. Something produced; a product: "Of all the productions of land, milk is perhaps the most perishable" Adam Smith.

5.

a. A work of art or literature.

b. A work produced for the stage, screen, television, or radio.

c. A staging or presentation of a theatrical work: a new Broadway production of a musical.

6. A situation or display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated: made a production out of the birthday party.

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pro·duction·al adj.

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production

Noun

1. the act of producing

2. anything that is produced

3. the amount produced or the rate at which it is produced

4. Econ the creation or manufacture of goods and services

5. any work created as a result of literary or artistic effort

6. the presentation of a play, opera, etc.

7. the artistic direction of a play

8. the overall sound of a recording

Thesaurus

Noun	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
	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
	3.	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" product 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 motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, film, 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"
	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"
	5.	production - the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); "production was up in the second quarter" output, yield 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"
	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"
	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
	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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production

noun 1. producing, making, manufacture, manufacturing, construction, assembly, preparation, formation, fabrication, origination

2. creation, development, fashioning, composition, origination

noun 3. management, administration, direction

4. presentation, staging, mounting

Translations

production [prəˈdʌkʃən] n (act) → producción f;

(THEAT) → representación f; montaje m;

to put into production → lanzar a la producción

production [prəˈdʌkʃən] product n → production f;

(Theat) → mise f en scène;

to put into production [+ goods] → entreprendre la fabrication de

production [prəˈdʌkʃən] n → Produktion f;

(Theat) → Inszenierung f;

to go into production [goods] → in Produktion gehen;

on production of → gegen Vorlage +gen

production [prəˈdʌkʃən] n → produzione f;

(THEAT) → messa in scena;

to put into production → mettere in produzione