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production - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'production' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Production [ n.]
- The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness.
- That which is produced, yielded, or made, whether naturally, or by the application of intelligence and labor; as, the productions of the earth; the productions of handicraft; the productions of intellect or genius.
- The act of lengthening out or prolonging.

Meaning of 'production' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . production [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television
Example in sentence:
  • have you seen the new production of Hamlet?
Meaning (2):
- (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale
Example in sentence:
  • he introduced more efficient methods of production
Meaning (3):
- the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
Example in sentence:
  • production was up in the second quarter
Meaning (4):
- the act or process of producing something
Example in sentence:
  • Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous;
  • the production of white blood cells
Meaning (5):
- a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated
Example in sentence:
  • she tends to make a big production out of nothing
Meaning (6):
- (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law
Example in sentence:
  • the appellate court demanded the production of all documents
Meaning (7):
- an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
Example in sentence:
  • they export most of their agricultural production;
  • they improve their product every year