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production

production

156 3.7
A performance of a play, film, or show for an audience
  • noun
  • /prəˈdʌkʃən/
translation icon : producción
  • It's an all-female production of All My Sons, and I completely forgot about it, but I promised her I'd go.
  • a theatrical production
  • a stage production
  • a play production

It's people like you who make this show in this entire production possible.

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Examples

  • I'm the co-director of this production.

  • We are headed to see a stage production of Mulan.

  • It's people like you who make this show in this entire production possible.

  • The room felt as warm and close as the stage set for a production of No Exit.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Son, your mother and I are doing a production of The Gin Game at the local community theater.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • I've never starred in a Broadway production.

  • Their new season starts next week, and they're opening with a spectacular new production of turandot.

  • Anyway, there's a production of Cowboy Mouth that's going up at the Odyssey, so I'm auditioning in, like, a week.

  • We are headed to see a stage production of Mulan.

  • My dad bought two tickets to the Marshfield High School production of Peter Pan.

Synonyms

show
vsproduction
1.0

An event like a play or concert that people watch

covers organized presentations across media and formats
performance
vsproduction
539 2.7

A live show of a play, concert, or dance for an audience

emphasises the complete organized presentation including staging and technical elements
program
vsproduction
  • US
18 2.1

A set of live performances like music or dance for an audience

focuses on a single organized presentation rather than a series
showing
vsproduction
3 2.1

A time when people can watch a film or play

includes such screenings but also live and recorded presentations
representation
vsproduction
  • UK
3 4.5

A public performance of a play

is broader, applying to any organized presentation not only plays
theatrical production
vsproduction
2 3.7

Putting on a play in a theatre with actors, sets, and lights

is the general organized presentation across media and venues
theatrical performance
vsproduction
1 3.5

An event where actors act a play for an audience

covers this but also non live presentations like broadcasts
dramatic performance
vsproduction
1 3.7

A staged play that actors perform live for an audience

refers to the full organized presentation including staging and technical setup
dramatic production
vsproduction
1 3.8

An event where people put on a play with actors, a director, and stage sets

emphasises the finished public presentation rather than the backstage work

Antonyms

216 2.1

A lack of someone or something that should be there

cancellation
  • Texting
63 1.9

Stopping something planned so it no longer happens

Compounds

oil production
  • Specialized
41 3.4

To get oil from the ground by drilling wells

production cost
  • Specialized
13 3.1

Money a company spends on materials and work to make goods

production line
  • Specialized
13 3.0

A series of machines and workers in a factory that make a product step by step

Making large numbers of the same product on an assembly line

post-production
  • Specialized
9 3.8

Editing and adding effects to film, video, or audio after recording ends

Putting on a play in a theatre with actors, sets, and lights

hormone production
  • Specialized
1 3.9

When glands in the body make and send out chemicals that control body functions

A rise in the amount of oil a country or company produces

Making steel from iron in large factories

An event where people put on a play with actors, a director, and stage sets

The act of making art like paintings or sculptures

co-production
  • Specialized
3.6

A film or TV series made together by companies in different countries

co-production
  • Specialized
3.9

A way for citizens and government staff to work together to design and provide services

4.2

An official instruction to start making a specific product or amount

pair production
  • Specialized
9.6

A very energetic light particle changes into an electron and a positron near a nucleus

speech production
  • Specialized
4.4

The way a person makes clear spoken words other people can understand

How Elaborate

spectacle
68 4.2
production
156 3.7
performance
539 2.7
presentation
435 3.5

Surface Forms

production singular
productions plural

Morphology

production = produce (semi-transparent) = pro + duct + ion

While the formation is clear, the specific meaning related to performance is less direct.

Etymology

Production comes from Latin pro- 'forth' and ducere 'to lead', the same root as produce. A theatre or film company 'brings forth' a show for an audience, so a production is the performance or staging of a play, film, or broadcast.