production

/pɹəˈdʌkʃən/ noun A2

The act of producing, making or creating something. (countable, uncountable) · The widget making machine is being used for production now.
The act of bringing something forward, out, etc., for use or consideration. (countable, uncountable)
The act of being produced. (countable, uncountable) · The widgets are coming out of production now.
The total amount produced. (countable, uncountable) · They hope to increase spaghetti production next year.
The presentation of a theatrical work. (countable, uncountable) · If you get the chance, try and catch the new production of "Hamlet."
An occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary. (countable, uncountable) · He made a simple meal into a huge production.
That which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model). (countable, uncountable) · This is the final production model.
The act of lengthening out or prolonging. (countable, uncountable)

Plural productions

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The curtain rose on the ballet, which was one of those excellent specimens of the Italian school, admirably arranged and put on the stage by Henri, who has established for himself a great reputation throughout Italy for his taste and skill in the choreographic art—one of those masterly productions of grace, method, and elegance in which the whole corps de ballet, from the principal dancers to the humblest supernumerary, are all engaged on the stage at the same time; and a hundred and fifty persons may be seen exhibiting the same attitude, or elevating the same arm or leg with a simultaneous movement, that would lead you to suppose that but one mind, one act of volition, influenced the moving mass.

The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 371 · C1

But the production of the photograph had a remarkable effect upon the manager.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 82 · C1

Levasseur, who had been suffering under severe illness, made his reappearance in the character of Bertram, and, as usual, the announcement of the most admired production of the favorite composer of the day had attracted a brilliant and fashionable audience.

The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 539 · C1

“Oh, it is well enough as the production of a human composer, sung by featherless bipeds, to quote the late Diogenes.”

The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 556 · C1

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