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say it: pruh-DUHK-shuhn
production is a noun meaning "the act or process of producing something". It carries 8 recorded senses.
the act or process of producing something
“Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous”
“the production of white blood cells”
a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television
“have you seen the new production of Hamlet?”
an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
“they improve their product every year”
“they export most of their agricultural production”
(law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law
“the appellate court demanded the production of all documents”
law
the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
“production was up in the second quarter”
a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated
“she tends to make a big production out of nothing”
(economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale
“he introduced more efficient methods of production”
economics
the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for production come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.