production

1. The act or process of producing something (synset 100914791)
   "Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous"; "the production of white blood cells"
   is a type of: act, deed, human action, human activity - something that people do or cause to happen
   subtypes:

   • rainmaking - activity intended to produce rain
   • devising, fashioning, making - the act that results in something coming to be
   • foliation - the production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves
   • canalisation, canalization - the production of a canal or a conversion to canals
   • growing - (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
   • steel production - making steel from pig iron
2. A presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television (synset 107020067)
   "have you seen the new production of Hamlet?"
   is a type of: presentation - the act of making something publicly available; presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it
   subtypes: staging, theatrical production - the production of a drama on the stage
   has: coup de theatre - a sensational bit of stagecraft
3. An artifact that has been created by someone or some process (synset 104014270)
   "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"
   is a type of: creation - an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
   subtypes:

   • book, volume - physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
   • book - a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge
   • by-product, byproduct, spin-off - a product made during the manufacture of something else
   • deliverable - something that can be provided as the product of development
   • end product, output - final product; the things produced
   • brainchild, inspiration - a product of your creative thinking and work
   • job - an object worked on; a result produced by working
   • magazine - product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object
   • newspaper, paper - the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher
   • output, outturn, turnout - what is produced in a given time period
   • turnery - products made on a lathe
   • piece of work, work - a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
   • fruit, yield - an amount of a product
   • film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture, picture show - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
   same as: product
4. (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law (synset 100523792)
   "the appellate court demanded the production of all documents"
   referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
   is a type of: exhibition - the act of exhibiting
5. The quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time) (synset 113780885)
   "production was up in the second quarter"
   is a type of: indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity
   subtypes: pick, picking - the quantity of a crop that is harvested
   same as: output, yield
6. A display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated (synset 107228649)
   "she tends to make a big production out of nothing"
   is a type of: display - behavior that makes your feelings public
7. (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale (synset 100915536)
   "he introduced more efficient methods of production"
   referred to in: economic science, economics, political economy - the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
   is a type of: industry, manufacture - the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
   subtypes:

   • mass production - the production of large quantities of a standardized article (often using assembly line techniques)
   • overproduction, overrun - too much production or more than expected
   • underproduction - inadequate production or less than expected
   • output, yield - production of a certain amount
   • capacity - the maximum production possible
   • breeding - the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
   • brewing - the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast
   • cultivation - (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)
   • cultivation - the act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale)
   • generation - the production of heat or electricity
   • excavation, mining - the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
   • quarrying - the extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry
   • boring, drilling, oil production - the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
   • sericulture - the production of raw silk by raising silkworms
8. The creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services (synset 100915416)
   is a type of: creation, creative activity - the human act of creating

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