noun · 21 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/pɹəˈdʌkʃən/
Received-Pronunciation:/pɹəˈdʌkʃn̩/
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CMU ARPABET 2:P R OW0 D AH1 K SH AH0 N
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CMU ARPABET 3:P ER0 D AH1 K SH AH0 N
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The act of producing, making or creating something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The widget making machine is being used for production now.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The act of bringing something forward, out, etc., for use or consideration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The act of being produced.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The widgets are coming out of production now.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The total amount produced.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
They hope to increase spaghetti production next year.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
The presentation of a theatrical work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
We went to a production of Hamlet.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
An occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
He made a simple meal into a huge production.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
That which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
This is the final production model.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
An extension or protrusion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
noun
Meaning 10
A rewrite rule specifying a symbol substitution that can be recursively performed to generate new symbol sequences. (More information on Wikipedia.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Written documents produced in support of the action or defence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, in-plural, uncountable
Qualifier: Scots law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
13
noun
Meaning 13
Writing viewed as the process of producing a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps such as conceptualization, formulation, expression and revision.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
14
noun
Meaning 14
(law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the appellate court demanded the production of all documents
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: exhibition
15
noun
Meaning 15
the act or process of producing something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous
the production of white blood cells
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: act, deed, human action, human activity
a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
have you seen the new production of Hamlet?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: presentation
Narrower terms: theatrical production, staging
20
noun
Meaning 20
a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
she tends to make a big production out of nothing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: display
21
noun
Meaning 21
the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
production was up in the second quarter
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: output, yield
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: indefinite quantity
Narrower terms: picking, pick
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin prōductiōder. Old French productionbor. Middle English produccioun English production From Middle English produccioun, from Old French production, from Latin prōductiō, prōductiōnem (“a lengthening, prolonging”). Equivalent to produce + -tion. See produce.
Across languages
Translations
171 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
prodhim
— the act of producing
Arabic:
إِنْتَاج
(ʔintāj)
— the act of producing
Armenian:
արտադրություն
(artadrutʻyun)
— the act of producing
Armenian:
արտադրում
(artadrum)
— the act of producing
Armenian:
թողարկում
(tʻoġarkum)
— the act of producing
Azerbaijani:
istehsal
— the act of producing
Azerbaijani:
hazırlama
— the act of producing
Azerbaijani:
istehsalat
— the act of producing
Azerbaijani:
hasilat
— the act of producing
Azerbaijani:
çıxarılma
— the act of producing
Belarusian:
вытво́рчасць
(vytvórčascʹ)
— the act of producing
Belarusian:
вытво́рчасьць
(vytvórčasʹcʹ)
— the act of producing
Bulgarian:
произво́дство
(proizvódstvo)
— the act of producing
Burmese:
ထုတ်လုပ်မှု
(htutluphmu.)
— the act of producing
Catalan:
producció
— the act of producing
Chinese Cantonese:
生產 /生产
— the act of producing
Chinese:
сынцан
(sɨncan)
— the act of producing
Chinese:
生產 /生产
(zh-min-nan)
— the act of producing
Chinese Mandarin:
生產 /生产
(shēngchǎn)
— the act of producing
Czech:
výroba
— the act of producing
Czech:
produkce
— the act of producing
Danish:
produktion
— the act of producing
Dutch:
productie
— the act of producing
Esperanto:
produktado
— the act of producing
Estonian:
tootmine
— the act of producing
Faroese:
framleiðsla
— the act of producing
Finnish:
valmistaminen
— the act of producing
Finnish:
tuotanto
— the act of producing
Finnish:
valmistus
— the act of producing
French:
production
— the act of producing
Galician:
produción
— the act of producing
Georgian:
წარმოება
(c̣armoeba)
— the act of producing
German:
Produktion
— the act of producing
German:
Herstellung
— the act of producing
Greek:
παραγωγή
(paragogí)
— the act of producing
Hebrew:
תְּפוּקָה
(tfuká)
— the act of producing
Hindi:
उत्पादन
(utpādan)
— the act of producing
Hindi:
पैदावार
(paidāvār)
— the act of producing
Hungarian:
termelés
— the act of producing
Icelandic:
framleiðsla
— the act of producing
Indonesian:
produksi
— the act of producing
Italian:
produzione
— the act of producing
Japanese:
生産
(seisan)
— the act of producing
Japanese:
製造
(seizō)
— the act of producing
Kazakh:
өнім
(önım)
— the act of producing
Kazakh:
өндіріс
(öndırıs)
— the act of producing
Khmer:
ផលិតកម្ម
(phaʼlitaʼkam)
— the act of producing
Korean:
생산
(saengsan)
— the act of producing
Korean:
제조
(jejo)
— the act of producing
Kyrgyz:
өндүрүш
(öndürüş)
— the act of producing
Lao:
ການຜະລິດ
(kān pha lit)
— the act of producing
Latin:
productio
— the act of producing
Latvian:
ražošana
— the act of producing
Latvian:
producēšana
— the act of producing
Lithuanian:
gamyba
— the act of producing
Lü:
ᦂᦱᧃᦵᦣᧆᦉᦱᧂᧉ
(k̇aanhedṡaang2)
— the act of producing
Macedonian:
производство
(proizvodstvo)
— the act of producing
Malay:
pengeluaran
— the act of producing
Malayalam:
ഉൽപാദനം
(ulpādanaṁ)
— the act of producing
Māori:
whakanaonga
— the act of producing
Māori:
whakaputanga
— the act of producing
Mongolian:
үйлдвэрлэл
(üjldverlel)
— the act of producing
Norwegian Bokmål:
produksjon
— the act of producing
Norwegian Nynorsk:
produksjon
— the act of producing
Occitan:
produccion
— the act of producing
Pannonian Rusyn:
продукция
(produkcija)
— the act of producing
Dari:
تَوْلِید
(tawlīd)
— the act of producing
Iranian Persian:
تُوْلید
(towlid)
— the act of producing
Polish:
wytwarzanie
— the act of producing
Polish:
produkcja
— the act of producing
Portuguese:
produção
— the act of producing
Romanian:
producere
— the act of producing
Russian:
произво́дство
(proizvódstvo)
— the act of producing
Russian:
изготовле́ние
(izgotovlénije)
— the act of producing
Russian:
добы́ча
(dobýča)
— the act of producing
Russian:
вы́работка
(výrabotka)
— the act of producing
Serbo-Croatian:
произво̀дња
— the act of producing
Serbo-Croatian:
proizvòdnja
— the act of producing
Slovak:
výroba
— the act of producing
Slovak:
produkcia
— the act of producing
Slovene:
proizvodnja
— the act of producing
Spanish:
producción
— the act of producing
Spanish:
elaboración
— the act of producing
Spanish:
producimiento
— the act of producing
Swedish:
produktion
— the act of producing
Tagalog:
produksiyon
— the act of producing
Tagalog:
pangangalalang
— the act of producing
Tajik:
тавлид
(tavlid)
— the act of producing
Telugu:
ఉత్పత్తి
(utpatti)
— the act of producing
Thai:
การผลิต
(gaan-pà-lìt)
— the act of producing
Turkish:
üretim
— the act of producing
Ukrainian:
виробни́цтво
(vyrobnýctvo)
— the act of producing
Ukrainian:
ви́роблення
(výroblennja)
— the act of producing
Urdu:
پَیداوار
(paidāvār)
— the act of producing
Uyghur:
ئىشلەپ چىقىرىش
(ishlep chiqirish)
— the act of producing
Uzbek:
ishlab chiqarish
— the act of producing
Vietnamese:
sự sản xuất
— the act of producing
Yiddish:
אויסאַרבעטונג
(oysarbetung)
— the act of producing
Zhuang:
swnghcanj
— the act of producing
Zhuang:
guhhong
— the act of producing
Armenian:
արտադրություն
(artadrutʻyun)
— the act of being produced
Bulgarian:
произво́дство
(proizvódstvo)
— the act of being produced
Chinese Mandarin:
生產 /生产
(shēngchǎn)
— the act of being produced
Czech:
produkce
— the act of being produced
Dutch:
productie
— the act of being produced
Finnish:
tuotanto
— the act of being produced
Finnish:
valmistus
— the act of being produced
French:
production
— the act of being produced
German:
Produktion
— the act of being produced
Hindi:
उत्पादन
(utpādan)
— the act of being produced
Italian:
produzione
— the act of being produced
Latvian:
ražošana
— the act of being produced
Latvian:
producēšana
— the act of being produced
Norwegian Bokmål:
produksjon
— the act of being produced
Portuguese:
produção
— the act of being produced
Romanian:
producție
— the act of being produced
Russian:
произво́дство
(proizvódstvo)
— the act of being produced
Serbo-Croatian:
произво̀дња
— the act of being produced
Serbo-Croatian:
proizvòdnja
— the act of being produced
Tagalog:
pangangalalang
— the act of being produced
Ukrainian:
виробни́цтво
(vyrobnýctvo)
— the act of being produced
Armenian:
արտադրություն
(artadrutʻyun)
— the total amount produced
Bulgarian:
проду́кция
(prodúkcija)
— the total amount produced
Catalan:
producció
— the total amount produced
Chinese Mandarin:
產量 /产量
(chǎnliàng)
— the total amount produced
Czech:
výroba
— the total amount produced
Czech:
produkce
— the total amount produced
Esperanto:
produktado
— the total amount produced
Finnish:
tuotanto
— the total amount produced
Finnish:
valmistus
— the total amount produced
French:
production
— the total amount produced
German:
Produktion
— the total amount produced
Greek:
παραγωγή
(paragogí)
— the total amount produced
Hindi:
उत्पादन
(utpādan)
— the total amount produced
Italian:
produzione
— the total amount produced
Central Kurdish:
بەرھەم
(berhem)
— the total amount produced
Latvian:
produkcija
— the total amount produced
Latvian:
ražība
— the total amount produced
Macedonian:
производство
(proizvodstvo)
— the total amount produced
Norwegian Bokmål:
produksjon
— the total amount produced
Portuguese:
produção
— the total amount produced
Romanian:
producție
— the total amount produced
Russian:
производи́тельность
(proizvodítelʹnostʹ)
— the total amount produced
Russian:
продукти́вность
(produktívnostʹ)
— the total amount produced
Scottish Gaelic:
toradh
— the total amount produced
Serbo-Croatian:
произво̀дња
— the total amount produced
Serbo-Croatian:
proizvòdnja
— the total amount produced
Spanish:
producción
— the total amount produced
Swedish:
produktion
— the total amount produced
Ukrainian:
виробни́цтво
(vyrobnýctvo)
— the total amount produced
Armenian:
բեմականացում
(bemakanacʻum)
— the presentation of a theatrical work
Armenian:
բեմադրություն
(bemadrutʻyun)
— the presentation of a theatrical work
Bulgarian:
постано́вка
(postanóvka)
— the presentation of a theatrical work
Chinese Mandarin:
製作 /制作
(zhìzuò)
— the presentation of a theatrical work
Esperanto:
enscenigo
— the presentation of a theatrical work
German:
Inszenierung
— the presentation of a theatrical work
Greek:
παράσταση
(parástasi)
— the presentation of a theatrical work
Norwegian Bokmål:
oppsetning
— the presentation of a theatrical work
Norwegian Bokmål:
teateroppsetning
— the presentation of a theatrical work
Portuguese:
produção
— the presentation of a theatrical work
Romanian:
reprezentare
— the presentation of a theatrical work
Romanian:
înscenare
— the presentation of a theatrical work
Russian:
представле́ние
(predstavlénije)
— the presentation of a theatrical work
Russian:
постано́вка
(postanóvka)
— the presentation of a theatrical work
Swedish:
produktion
— the presentation of a theatrical work
Bulgarian:
проду́кция
(prodúkcija)
— that which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume
Chinese Mandarin:
產品 /产品
(chǎnpǐn)
— that which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume
Macedonian:
производ
(proizvod)
— that which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume
Romanian:
producție
— that which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume
Russian:
проду́кция
(prodúkcija)
— that which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume
Russian:
изде́лия
(izdélija)
— that which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume