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pro·duc·er
(prə-do͞o′sər, -dyo͞o′-, prō-)n.
1. One that produces, especially a person or organization that produces goods or services for sale.
2. A person who supervises and controls the administrative, financial, and commercial aspects of staging a show or performance or of creating and distributing a video or audio recording.
3. A furnace that manufactures producer gas.
4. Ecology An organism, such as a green plant, that produces its own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis and constitutes the first trophic level in a food chain; an autotroph.
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producer
(prəˈdjuːsə)n
1. a person or thing that produces
2. (Theatre) Brit a person responsible for the artistic direction of a play, including interpretation of the script, preparation of the actors, and overall design
3. (Theatre) US and Canadian a person who organizes the stage production of a play, including the finance, management, etc
4. (Broadcasting) the person who takes overall administrative responsibility for a film or television programme. Compare director4
5. (Music, other) the person who supervises the arrangement, recording, and mixing of a record
6. (Economics) economics a person or business enterprise that generates goods or services for sale. Compare consumer1
7. (Chemistry) chem an apparatus or plant for making producer gas
8. (Environmental Science) (often plural) ecology an organism, esp a green plant, that builds up its own tissues from simple inorganic compounds. See also consumer3, decomposer
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pro•duc•er
(prəˈdu sər, -ˈdyu-)n.
1. a person who produces.
2. Econ. a person who produces goods and services or creates economic value.
3. the person responsible for raising money, hiring personnel, and generally supervising business matters for a stage, film, television, or radio production.
4. an organism, as a plant, that is able to produce its own food from inorganic substances.
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pro·duc·er
(prə-do͞o′sər) An organism that serves as a source of food for other organisms in a food chain. Producers include green plants, which produce food through photosynthesis, and certain bacteria that are capable of converting inorganic substances into food through chemosynthesis. Compare consumer.
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| Noun | 1. |  producer - someone who manufactures something arms manufacturer - someone who manufactures arms and munitions brewer - the owner or manager of a brewery distiller - someone who distills alcoholic liquors food manufacturer - a person who manufactures food products sericulturist - a producer of raw silk |
| 2. | producer - someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work) creator - a person who grows or makes or invents things theatrical producer - someone who produces theatrical performances | |
| 3. | producer - something that produces; "Maine is a leading producer of potatoes"; "this microorganism is a producer of disease" cause - events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash" |
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producer
noun
1. director, promoter, impresario, régisseur (French) a freelance film producer
2. maker, manufacturer, builder, creator, fabricator producers of precision instruments and electrical equipment
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producer
nounA person or business that makes or builds something:
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Translations
producentvýrobce
producer
tuottaja
režiser
producer
framleiîandi
プロデューサー
생산자
producent
pridelovalecproducentproizvajalec
producent
ผู้ผลิต
nhà sản xuất
producer
[prəˈdjuːsəʳ] N1. [of oil, coal, ore, crop] → productor(a) m/f; [of product] → fabricante mf
2. (Theat) → director(a) m/f de escena (Cine) → productor(a) m/f (TV) → realizador(a) m/f, productor(a) m/f
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producer
[prəˈdjuːsər] n (= artistic director) [show, play] → metteur/euse m/f en scène
[film, programme] → producteur/trice m/f
[product, raw material] → producteur/trice m/f
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producer
n → Produzent(in) m(f); (Ind also) → Hersteller(in) m(f); (Theat) → Regisseur(in) m(f); (Film, TV, Rad) → Produzent(in) m(f); producer goods → Produktionsgüter pl
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producer
[prəˈdjuːsəʳ] n (Agr, Cine, TV, Theatre) → produttore/triceCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
produce
(prəˈdjuːs) verb1. to bring out. She produced a letter from her pocket.
2. to give birth to. A cow produces one or two calves a year.
3. to cause. His joke produced a shriek of laughter from the children.
4. to make or manufacture. The factory produces furniture.
5. to give or yield. The country produces enough food for the population.
6. to arrange and prepare (a theatre performance, film, television programme etc). The play was produced by Henry Dobson.
(ˈprodjuːs) noun something that is produced, especially crops, eggs, milk etc from farms. agricultural/farm produce.
proˈducer noun a person who produces a play, film, etc, but is usually not responsible for instructing the actors.
product (ˈprodəkt) noun1. a result. The plan was the product of hours of thought.
2. something manufactured. The firm manufactures metal products.
3. the result of multiplying one number by another. The product of 9 and 2 is 18.
proˈduction (-ˈdakʃən) noun1. the act or process of producing something. car-production; The production of the film cost a million dollars.
2. the amount produced, especially of manufactured goods. The new methods increased production.
3. a particular performance, or set of repeated performances, of a play etc. I prefer this production of `Hamlet' to the one I saw two years ago.
proˈductive (-ˈdaktiv) adjective (negative unproductive) producing a lot; fruitful. productive land; Our discussion was not very productive.
productivity (prodəkˈtivəti) noun the rate or efficiency of work especially in industrial production.
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producer
→ مُنْتِج producent producer Hersteller παραγωγός productor tuottaja producteur režiser produttore プロデューサー 생산자 producer produsent producent produtor производитель producent ผู้ผลิต üretici nhà sản xuất 生产者Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009