production

A2 Topic:Economics & Markets

US /pɹəˈdʌkʃən/ UK /pɹəˈdʌkʃn̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #2759

Meanings

1

noun
The process of making or growing something, usually in large amounts.

Car production fell sharply during the crisis.
2

noun
A play, film, or show that is performed for an audience.

Have you seen the new stage production of Hamlet?
3

noun
The amount of something that is made or grown in a period of time.

Oil production rose in the second quarter.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the process of making or... manufacturing output

3 noun · the amount of something... output yield

Word family

Forms productions

Derived forms agroproductionautoproductionbioproductionco-productioncoproductiondesiring-productionelectroproductioneroductionhadroproductionhyperproductionhypoproductionleptoproduction

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Phrases (1)

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mass production
making large quantities of standardized products

Noun + noun

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 *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō 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…

produccioun Middle English production Old French productio Latin

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Economics & Markets Theater & Performance Energy & Industry

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# production

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /pɹəˈdʌkʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /pɹəˈdʌkʃn̩/
**Frequency rank:** 2759

## Meanings
1. The process of making or growing something, usually in large amounts.
2. A play, film, or show that is performed for an audience.
3. The amount of something that is made or grown in a period of time.

## Examples
- Car production fell sharply during the crisis.
- Have you seen the new stage production of Hamlet?
- Oil production rose in the second quarter.

## Derived Forms
- agroproduction
- autoproduction
- bioproduction
- co-production
- coproduction
- desiring-production
- electroproduction
- eroduction
- hadroproduction
- hyperproduction
- hypoproduction
- leptoproduction

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: produccioun
- Root: production
- Root: productio

## 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 *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō 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…

## AI Etymology
Production comes from Middle English produccioun, from Old French production, from Latin prōductiō, prōductiōnem (“a lengthening, prolonging”). The historical chain includes produccioun (Middle English), production (Old French), productio (Latin). In present-day English it covers the process of making or growing something, usually in large amounts, a play, film, or show that is performed for an audience, and the amount of something that is made or grown in a period of time. The wider family includes derived forms such as agroproduction, autoproduction, bioproduction, co-production, coproduction.

## Topics
- Economics & Markets
- Theater & Performance
- Energy & Industry

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