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production

  • noun
  • pro·duc·tion
  • /pɹəˈdʌkʃən/

The act of producing, making or creating something.

Example

“The widget making machine is being used for production now.”

Other meanings

  1. The act of bringing something forward, out, etc., for use or consideration.

  2. The act of being produced.

    “The widgets are coming out of production now.”

Related words

  • mesoproduction
  • productional
  • production line
  • anarchy of production
  • batch production
  • burden of production
  • desiring-production
  • agroproduction
  • autoproduction
  • bioproduction
  • production hell
  • coproduction

Example sentences

  • “Production came grinding to a halt.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “And oat production has fallen by almost ninety-five percent.”

    Tatoeba · Cangarejo · CC0

Word history

From Latin "productio" (prōductiō, prōductiōnem).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “production” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.