English noun: production | |||
1. | production (act) the act or process of producing something | ||
Samples | Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous. The production of white blood cells. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | act, deed, human action, human activity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | canalisation, canalization, devising, fashioning, foliation, growing, making, rainmaking, steel production | ||
2. | production (communication) a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television | ||
Samples | Have you seen the new production of Hamlet?. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | presentation | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | staging, theatrical production | ||
Part holonym | coup de theatre | ||
3. | production (artifact) an artifact that has been created by someone or some process | ||
Samples | They improve their product every year. They export most of their agricultural production. | ||
Synonyms | product | ||
Broader (hypernym) | creation | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | book, book, brainchild, by-product, byproduct, deliverable, end product, film, flick, fruit, inspiration, job, magazine, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, newspaper, output, output, outturn, paper, pic, picture, picture show, piece of work, spin-off, turnery, turnout, volume, work, yield | ||
4. | production (act) (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law | ||
Samples | The appellate court demanded the production of all documents. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | exhibition | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
5. | production (quantity) the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time) | ||
Samples | Production was up in the second quarter. | ||
Synonyms | output, yield | ||
Broader (hypernym) | indefinite quantity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | pick, picking | ||
6. | production (communication) a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated | ||
Samples | She tends to make a big production out of nothing. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | display | ||
7. | production (act) (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale | ||
Samples | He introduced more efficient methods of production. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | industry, manufacture | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | boring, breeding, brewing, capacity, cultivation, cultivation, drilling, excavation, generation, mass production, mining, oil production, output, overproduction, overrun, quarrying, sericulture, underproduction, yield | ||
Domain category | economic science, economics, political economy | ||
8. | production (act) the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services | ||
Broader (hypernym) | creation, creative activity | ||