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PRODUCTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law
Example:
the appellate court demanded the production of all documents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("production" is a kind of...):
exhibition (the act of exhibiting)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
produce (bring out for display)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act or process of producing something
Example:
the production of white blood cells
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("production" is a kind of...):
act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "production"):
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)
Derivation:
produce (bring onto the market or release)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("production" is a kind of...):
creation; creative activity (the human act of creating)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale
Example:
he introduced more efficient methods of production
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("production" is a kind of...):
industry; manufacture (the organized action of making of goods and services for sale)
Domain category:
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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "production"):
sericulture (the production of raw silk by raising silkworms)
boring; drilling; oil production (the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum)
quarrying (the extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry)
excavation; mining (the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth)
generation (the production of heat or electricity)
cultivation (the act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale))
cultivation ((agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale))
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)
breeding (the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization)
capacity (the maximum production possible)
output; yield (production of a certain amount)
underproduction (inadequate production or less than expected)
overproduction; overrun (too much production or more than expected)
mass production (the production of large quantities of a standardized article (often using assembly line techniques))
Sense 5
Meaning:
An artifact that has been created by someone or some process
Example:
they export most of their agricultural production
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("production" is a kind of...):
creation (an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "production"):
film; flick; motion-picture show; motion picture; movie; moving-picture show; moving picture; 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)
fruit; yield (an amount of a product)
piece of work; work (a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing)
turnery (products made on a lathe)
output; outturn; turnout (what is produced in a given time period)
newspaper; paper (the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher)
magazine (product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object)
job (an object worked on; a result produced by working)
brainchild; inspiration (a product of your creative thinking and work)
end product; output (final product; the things produced)
deliverable (something that can be provided as the product of development)
by-product; byproduct; spin-off (a product made during the manufacture of something else)
book (a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge)
book; volume (physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television
Example:
have you seen the new production of Hamlet?
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("production" is a kind of...):
presentation (the act of making something publicly available; presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it)
Meronyms (parts of "production"):
coup de theatre (a sensational bit of stagecraft)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "production"):
staging; theatrical production (the production of a drama on the stage)
Derivation:
produce (bring onto the market or release)
Sense 7
Meaning:
A display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated
Example:
she tends to make a big production out of nothing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("production" is a kind of...):
display (behavior that makes your feelings public)
Sense 8
Meaning:
The quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
Example:
production was up in the second quarter
Synonyms:
output; production; yield
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("production" is a kind of...):
indefinite quantity (an estimated quantity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "production"):
pick; picking (the quantity of a crop that is harvested)
Context examples:
Polyamines, specifically spermine and spermidine, are essential for thymidine kinase production, DNA synthesis, and cell proliferation.
(Mitoguazone, NCI Thesaurus)
This leads to a decrease in the production of glycosphingolipid, which has important roles in various cellular processes.
(Miglustat, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein may play a role in melanin production.
(Melanoma Antigen Recognized by T-Cells 1, NCI Thesaurus)
This results in the blockage of viral HCV RNA production and thus viral replication.
(Mericitabine, NCI Thesaurus)
A major advantage when it comes to microalgae is the fact that it is not seasonal and its production does not depend on specific conditions, like soil properties.
(Petrobras considers producing biodiesel from microalgae, Agência Brasil)
Adenosine triphosphate is involved in energy production for metabolic processes and RNA synthesis.
(Adenosine triphosphate, NCI Thesaurus)
One cannot fix one's eyes on the commonest natural production without finding food for a rambling fancy.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
“It is certainly rather a curious production,” said Holmes.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A pegylated form of recombinant human erythropoietin, a glycosylated protein naturally produced in the kidney that stimulates erythrocyte production in the bone marrow.
(Methoxy Polyethylene Glycol-Epoetin beta, NCI Thesaurus)
Diminished production of adrenocortical hormones due to autoimmune destruction of the adrenal glands.
(Addisons Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
