Pronunciation: (pru-duk'shun), [key]
1. the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
2. something that is produced; a product.
3. Econ.the creation of value; the producing of articles having exchange value.
4. the total amount produced: Production is up this month.
5. a work of literature or art.
6. the act of presenting for display; presentation; exhibition: the production of evidence in support of the case.
7. Informal.an unnecessarily or exaggeratedly complicated situation or activity: That child makes a production out of going to bed.
8. the organization and presentation of a dramatic entertainment.
9. the entertainment itself: an expensive production.
regularly manufactured; not custom-made, specially produced, or experimental: a production model.
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