Meaning

13 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of producing, making or creating something.

    The widget making machine is being used for production now.

    Produktion, Herstellung

    произво́дствоproizvódstvo, изготовле́ниеizgotovlénije, добы́чаdobýča

    виробни́цтвоvyrobnýctvo, ви́робленняvýroblennja

    the act or process of producing something

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of bringing something forward, out, etc., for use or consideration.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The act of being produced.

    The widgets are coming out of production now.

    Produktion

    произво́дствоproizvódstvo

    виробни́цтвоvyrobnýctvo

    (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law

  4. (countable, uncountable)The total amount produced.

    They hope to increase spaghetti production next year.

    Produktion

    производи́тельностьproizvodítelʹnostʹ, продукти́вностьproduktívnostʹ

    виробни́цтвоvyrobnýctvo

  5. (countable, uncountable)The presentation of a theatrical work.

    If you get the chance, try and catch the new production of "Hamlet."

    Inszenierung

    представле́ниеpredstavlénije, постано́вкаpostanóvka

  6. (countable, uncountable)An occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary.

    He made a simple meal into a huge production.

  7. (countable, uncountable)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.

    проду́кцияprodúkcija, изде́лияizdélija

  8. (countable, uncountable)The act of lengthening out or prolonging.

  9. (countable, uncountable)An extension or protrusion.

  10. (countable, uncountable)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.

  11. (uncountable)The environment where finished code runs, as opposed to staging or development.

    production environment

    live production database

  12. (countable, in the plural, uncountable)Written documents produced in support of the action or defence.

Examples

247 sentences
  1. We have cut back production by 20%.

    ruНам придется снизить производство на 20 %.

    deWir haben die Produktion um 20 % zurückgefahren.

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  2. This is almost ready for mass production.

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  3. We have several new products ready for production.

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  4. Car production in that year reached a record 10 million vehicles.

    ruПроизводство автомобилей в том году достигло отметки в 10 миллионов автомобилей.

    deDie Autoproduktion in jenem Jahr erreichte einen Rekordwert von 10 Millionen Fahrzeugen.

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  5. They claim that prices will go down if production increases.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the act of producing:
Русский
By meaning 4
the act of producing:
the total amount produced:
the presentation of a theatrical work:
that which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the act of producing:
the presentation of a theatrical work:

Origin

From Middle English produccioun, from Old French production, from Latin prōductiō, prōduct

From Middle English produccioun, from Old French production, from Latin prōductiō, prōductiōnem (“a lengthening, prolonging”). Equivalent to produce + -tion. See produce.

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