production

noun13

1. •
   the act of making or creating something

   • The widget making machine is being used for production now.
2. •
   The act of being produced.

   • The widgets are coming out of production now.
3. •
   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.
4. •
   The total amount produced.

   • They hope to increase spaghetti production next year.
5. •
   The presentation of a theatrical work.

   • If you get the chance, try and catch the new production of "Hamlet."
6. •
   That which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model).

   • This is the final production model.
7. •
   The environment where finished code runs, as opposed to staging or development.
8. •
   An occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary.

   • He made a simple meal into a huge production.
9. •
   The act of bringing something forward, out, etc., for use or consideration.

   • 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
10. •
    A rewrite rule specifying a symbol substitution that can be recursively performed to generate new symbol sequences. (More information on Wikipedia.)

    • Each production is implemented with a function.
11. •
    [in the plural] Written documents produced in support of the action or defence.
12. •
    The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
13. •
    An extension or protrusion.