production
17
6.0
- noun
- /prəˈdʌkʃən/
- Informal
:
escena
- Why the big production number, huh?
Yeah, I try to lean away from like heavy production.
- Yeah, I try to lean away from like heavy production.
- It can't be, you know, it's not like you can wow them with effects or huge production value.
- And everything that we put there by and large was through this filter of like high production value.
- So like mash tag AB, you know like vlog just raw like hardly any cuts and then ultra high production like Calfrezi burnt chip you.
Examples
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Quite a production.
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And asking for help should not be such a big production.
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" Why do you always have to make such a big production of things?
Fiction book (1999) -
Let's not make a big production out of this.
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The staff at the nursing home made a big production about her going out.
Fiction book (1990) -
lt started so simply, and now it's become this whole, big production.
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Don't make a big production out of it, okay?
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Don't need any big production, right, Wells?
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Don't make a production.
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Let's not make a big production over such a small issue.
Synonyms
54
4.6
An embarrassing show that makes people stare
21
4.8
Dramatic behavior done to get attention
21
7.6
A grand, showy display meant to impress people
17
5.1
A showy display meant to attract attention
6
7.7
A showy, exaggerated way of behaving like in a play
1
9.9
A loud, unnecessary fuss about something unimportant
1
6.5
A style that is very bright or richly decorated to attract attention
A lot of fuss about something small
A way of behaving that is dramatic and exaggerated to attract attention
A performance that tries to get attention by being loud or dramatic
Antonyms
70
5.6
Saying something in a way that makes it seem less important, serious, or bad than it really is
Compounds
- Specialized
13
3.0
A series of machines and workers in a factory that make a product step by step
- Specialized
9
3.8
Editing and adding effects to film, video, or audio after recording ends
- Specialized
1
3.9
When glands in the body make and send out chemicals that control body functions
1
3.8
An event where people put on a play with actors, a director, and stage sets
- Specialized
A way for citizens and government staff to work together to design and provide services
- Specialized
A very energetic light particle changes into an electron and a positron near a nucleus
- Specialized
The way a person makes clear spoken words other people can understand
How Dramatic
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Morphology
Etymology
Production comes from Latin pro- 'forth' and ducere 'to lead', and is the root of words like produce and production for a show. Making a big fuss is like turning a small event into a full stage show, so a production can mean an exaggerated or overly elaborate display.