Noun | 1. | production - the act or process of producing something; "Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous"; "the production of white blood cells" 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" 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" 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" 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" 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" indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity | |
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. | ![]() 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 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 |