production
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French production, from Latin productio, productionem (“a lengthening, prolonging”). See produce.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɹəˈdʌkʃən/
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Noun
production (countable and uncountable, plural productions)
- The act of producing, making or creating something. [from 15th c.]
- The widget making machine is being used for production now.
- The act of bringing something forward, out etc. for use or consideration. [from 15th c.]
- 1910, ‘Saki’, "The Lost Sanjak", Reginald in Russia:
- I tramped to a neighbouring market-town, and, late as the hour was, the production of a few shillings procured me supper and a night's lodging in a cheap coffee-house.
- 1910, ‘Saki’, "The Lost Sanjak", Reginald in Russia:
- The act of being produced.
- The widgets are coming out of production now.
- The total amount produced.
- They hope to increase spaghetti production next year.
- 1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter III.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: Printed for Hen[ry] Brome […], OCLC 48702491; reprinted as Hydriotaphia (The English Replicas), New York, N.Y.: Payson & Clarke Ltd., 1927, OCLC 78413388, page 136:
- The exiguity and ſmallneſſe of ſome ſeeds extending to large productions is one of the magnalities of nature, ſomewhat illuſtrating the work of the Creation, and vaſt production from nothing.
- The presentation of a theatrical work.
- We went to a production of Hamlet.
- An occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary.
- He made a simple meal into a huge production.
- That which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model).
- This is the final production model.
- The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
- (computing) A rewrite rule specifying a symbol substitution that can be recursively performed to generate new symbol sequences. (more information on Wikipedia)
- Each production is implemented with a function.
Derived terms
Translations
the act of producing
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the act of being produced
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the total amount produced
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the presentation of a theatrical work
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an occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary
that which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin productio, productionem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.dyk.sjɔ̃/
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Further reading
- “production” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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