produce /prə-dūsˈ/

1. To bring into being
2. To bring forth
3. To yield
4. To bring about
5. To make
6. To put (a play, show, etc) on the stage
7. To prepare (a programme) for broadcasting on radio or television
8. To be in charge of the recording of (a piece of music), making artistic decisions about the finished overall sound
9. To prepare for exhibition to the public
10. To bring forward or out
11. To extend

1. To yield
2. To create value

1. That which is produced
2. Product
3. Proceeds
4. Crops
5. Yield, esp of fields and gardens

produceˈment noun (Milton)

Product

producˈer noun

1. Someone who produces commodities
2. Someone who produces a play, show, programme, recording, etc
3. Someone who exercises general control over, but does not actually make, a cinema film (cf director)
4. A furnace in which a mixed combustible gas is produced by passing air and steam through incandescent coke

producibilˈity noun

producˈible adjective

1. Capable of being produced
2. Capable of being generated or made
3. Capable of being exhibited

product /prodˈəkt or -ukt/ noun

1. A thing produced
2. A result
3. A work
4. An item made and offered for sale
5. Offspring
6. A quantity obtained by multiplying (mathematics)
7. A substance obtained from another by chemical change (chem)

productibilˈity /prə-dukt-/ noun

The capability of being produced

productˈile adjective

Capable of being drawn out in length

producˈtion noun

1. The act of producing or process of being produced
2. That which is produced
3. Fruit
4. Product
5. A work, esp of art
6. The staging of a play, show, etc
7. The staged performance itself
8. A bringing out
9. Change in biomass expressed on an area basis, primary production being by green plants, secondary production by heterotrophic organisms (ecology)
10. The creation of values (economics)
11. Extension
12. A document produced in court (Scots law)

producˈtional adjective

producˈtive adjective

1. Having the power to produce
2. Generative
3. That produces (with of)
4. (of a cough) producing mucus (medicine)
5. Worthwhile
6. Producing richly
7. Fertile
8. Efficient

producˈtively adverb

producˈtiveness noun

productivˈity /prod- or prōd-/ noun

The rate or efficiency of work, esp in industrial production

producer gas noun

Gas made in a producer, chiefly a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide diluted with nitrogen

producer goods or producers’ goods plural noun

Goods, such as raw materials and tools, used in the production of consumer(s’) goods

production car, vehicle, etc noun

One made in the routine course of production, as distinct from one made for a special purpose such as testing

production line noun

An assembly line

production number noun

An item in a musical show or film involving singing and dancing by a large number of performers

production platform noun

An oil platform (qv)

production string noun

The smallest casing in an oil well, reaching from the producing zone to the well head (also oil string)

productivity deal noun

An agreement whereby employees receive increased wages or salaries if they agree to improve their efficiency and increase their output

product liability noun

The responsibility of manufacturers or traders for making or selling a faulty product

product life cycle noun

The four stages in the economic evolution of a product, ie introduction, growth, maturity and decline

product placement noun

A disguised form of advertising whereby a particular product is included noticeably in a shot in a feature film, etc

make a production of (or out of) (informal)

To make an unnecessary fuss or commotion about (something)

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