# production

Pronunciation: say "pruh-DUK-shuhn" /pɹəˈdʌkʃən/

## Noun

1. The act or process of making or producing something, from goods and crops to speech or writing, or the state of being made, as in 'in production'.
   - Simple: The act or process of making something, or the state of being made.
   - _The production of steel requires enormous amounts of energy._
   - _Music production has moved largely into small home studios._
2. The total quantity of goods or output that is produced.
   - Simple: The total amount of something that is made or grown.
   - _Wheat production across the region doubled after the new irrigation system._
   - _The mine's annual production reached record levels._
3. A movie, a television or radio program, or a recording, considered as the output of the company or team responsible for it.
   - Simple: A movie, TV show, radio show or recording, seen as the work of the people who made it.
   - _The documentary was a joint production between a Canadian broadcaster and a German film studio._
   - _The studio's latest productions have struggled to find an audience on streaming services._
4. The staging and performance of a theatrical work before an audience.
   - Simple: A play or show that is performed for an audience.
   - _The director's bold production of Macbeth drew sold-out crowds._
   - _The theater's new production of the musical runs for six weeks, with eight performances a week._
5. Items manufactured or ready to be manufactured in large volume, rather than a prototype or conceptual model.
   - Simple: Goods that are made in large numbers, not just a test version.
   - _The production model weighs less than the prototype shown at last year's motor show._
   - _Engineers changed several parts of the design before building the first production cars._
7. An occasion or activity made more complicated or dramatic than it needs to be. *(informal)*
   - Simple: A simple thing turned into a big, complicated event for no good reason.
   - _Packing for the weekend became an elaborate production._
   - _He made a production of returning the gift, sighing the entire time._
6. The live environment where finished code runs, rather than a testing or development setup.
   - Simple: The live computer system where finished software actually runs for real users.
   - _The bug only appeared once the code reached production._
   - _Never test risky changes directly in production._
8. Showing or supplying something for others to see, use, or consider.
   - Simple: The act of showing or bringing something out so others can see or use it.
   - _The contract was signed only after production of the original deed._
   - _Admission to the lab depends on production of a security badge._

## Other meanings

- (noun) In Scots law, a document or other item of evidence lodged in court to support a legal action, a defense, or a prosecution.
- (noun) In zoology and anatomy, a part that extends or projects out from a larger structure of the body.
- (noun) The act of lengthening something out or prolonging it.
- (noun) A rewrite rule that specifies a symbol substitution, applied repeatedly to generate new symbol sequences.

## Origin

Latin prōductiō ("a lengthening, prolonging") passed into Old French as production and into Middle English as produccioun. In English terms it is "produce" plus the suffix "-tion."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/production (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).