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Noun production has 8 senses

production - (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced more efficient methods of production"
--₁ is a kind of industry, manufacture
--₁ has particulars:

mass production; overproduction, overrun; underproduction; output, yield; capacity; breeding; brewing; cultivation; generation; mining, excavation; quarrying; boring, drilling, oil production; sericulture

production - a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television; "have you seen the new production of Hamlet?"
--₂ is a kind of presentation
--₂ has part: coup de theatre
--₂ has particulars: theatrical production, staging
Derived form: verb produce₅
production - the act or process of producing something; "Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous"; "the production of white blood cells"
--₃ is a kind of act, human action, human activity
--₃ has particulars:
rainmaking; devising, fashioning, making; foliation; canalization, canalisation; growing; steel production

Derived form: verb produce₅

product, production - an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"
--₄ is a kind of creation
--₄ has particulars:

book, volume; book; by-product, byproduct, spin-off; deliverable; end product, output; inspiration, brainchild; job; magazine; newspaper, paper; output, outturn, turnout; turnery; work, piece of work; yield, fruit

production - (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law; "the appellate court demanded the production of all documents"
--₅ is a kind of exhibition

Derived form: verb produce₄
output, yield, production - the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); "production was up in the second quarter"
--₆ is a kind of indefinite quantity
--₆ has particulars: picking, pick
production - a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated; "she tends to make a big production out of nothing"
--₇ is a kind of display
production - the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services
--₈ is a kind of creation, creative activity