production has definitions from the fields of law,economics,business,performing arts
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[ noun ] (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale

Examples

"he introduced more efficient methods of production"

2
[ noun ] the act or process of producing something

Examples

"Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous" "the production of white blood cells"

Used in print

(Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)

Our weapons production , our world prestige , our ideas of democracy , our actions of trust or stubbornness or secrecy or espionage ?

(Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)

Production specialists in SBA regional offices are available to help individual small business_concerns with technical production problems .

Production specialists in SBA regional offices are available to help individual small business_concerns with technical production problems .

Production specialists are_available in SBA regional offices to help individual small business_concerns with technical production problems .

Production specialists are_available in SBA regional offices to help individual small business_concerns with technical production problems .

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[ noun ] (performing arts) a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television

Examples

"have you seen the new production of Hamlet?"

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

Dover `` publishes '' what the company calls `` Listen_and_Learn '' productions designed to teach foreign languages .

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

The Bayreuth_Festival opens July 23 with a new production of `` Tannhaeuser '' staged by Wieland_Wagner , who is doing all the operas this time , and conducted by Wolfgang_Sawallisch .

In the line of operatic trades to cushion the budget , the Dallas_Civic_Opera will use San_Francisco 's new Leni_Bauer-Ecsy production of `` Lucia_di_Lammermoor '' this season , returning the favor next season when San_Francisco uses the Dallas `` Don_Giovanni '' , designed by Franco_Zeffirelli .

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

The remainder of the cast fulfilled its assignments no more_than satisfactorily just as the old production and limited stage_direction proved only serviceable .

(The Providence Journal...)

The whole production this week is fresh and lively .

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[ noun ] the amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process

Synonyms

product

Examples

"they improve their product every year" "they export most of their agricultural production"

Used in print

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

On the street outside , Hieronymus envisions a holocaust of the vanities of this world , such a burning of artistic and erotic productions as his namesake actually brought to pass in Florence , and prophetically he issues his curse : `` Gladius_Dei super terram cito et velociter '' .

(Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)

Funds contributed by the Government are repaid by a royalty on production from the property .

A 5 - percent royalty is paid on any production during the period the contract is in_effect ; if the Government certifies that production may be possible from the property , the royalty obligation continues for the 10 - year period usually specified in the contract or until the Government 's contribution is repaid with interest .

(Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)

As the material at the command of the potters grew and the volume of their production increased , the local variations within a common style became more evident .

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[ noun ] (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law

Examples

"the appellate court demanded the production of all documents"

Used in print

(U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)

The trial_judge decided that the administrative procedures of the Act were fully complied with and refused to require the production of such documents .

It appears to us that the same reasoning applies to the production of the hearing_officer 's report and notes at the trial .

Related terms

exhibition law

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[ noun ] the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)

Synonyms

yield output

Examples

"production was up in the second quarter"

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[ noun ] a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated

Examples

"she tends to make a big production out of nothing"

Related terms

display

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[ noun ] the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services

Related terms

creation

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