Definition of "production"

production

/pɹəˈdʌkʃən/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural productions
1. The act of producing, making or creating something.
2. The act of bringing something forward, out, etc., for use or consideration.
  Quotations
  I tramped to a neighbouring market-town, and, late as the hour was, the production of a few shillings procured me supper and a night's lodging in a cheap coffee-house.
  1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “The Lost Sanjak”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. […], pages 16–17
3. The act of being produced.
4. The total amount produced.
  Quotations
  The exiguity and ſmallneſſe of ſome ſeeds extending to large productions is one of the magnalities of nature, ſomewhat illuſtrating the work of the Creation, and vaſt production from nothing.
  1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter III.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […]; reprinted as Hydriotaphia (The English Replicas), New York, N.Y.: Payson & Clarke Ltd., 1927, page 136
5. The presentation of a theatrical work.
6. An occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary.
7. That which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model).
8. The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
9. (zoology) An extension or protrusion.
10. (computing) A rewrite rule specifying a symbol substitution that can be recursively performed to generate new symbol sequences. (More information on Wikipedia.)
11. (programming, uncountable) The environment where finished code runs, as opposed to staging or development.
12. (Scotland, law, in the plural) Written documents produced in support of the action or defence.
13. (linguistics) Writing viewed as the process of producing a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps such as conceptualization, formulation, expression and revision.