PRODUCTION • noun: production

1. The action of making or manufacturing from components or raw materials, or the process of being so manufactured. “banning the production of chemical weapons”. The process of or management involved in making a film, play, or record. “the film was still in production”. The harvesting or refinement of something natural. “non-intensive methods of food production”.

Synonyms: manufacture, manufacturing, making, producing, construction, building, fabrication, assembly, creation; mass production.

Origin: Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin productio(n- ), from producere ‘bring forth’ (see produce).