production
pro·duc·tion / prəˈdəkshən; prō-/ • n. 1. the action of making or manufacturing from components or raw materials, or the process of being so manufactured: the production of chemical weapons it is no longer in production. ∎ the harvesting or refinement of something natural: nonintensive methods of food production. ∎ the total amount of something that is manufactured, harvested, or refined: steel production had peaked in 1974. ∎ the creation or formation of something as part of a physical, biological, or chemical process: excess production of collagen by the liver. ∎ [as adj.] denoting a car or other vehicle that has been manufactured in large numbers.2. the process of or financial and administrative management involved in making a movie, play, or record: the movie was still in production | [as adj.] a production company. ∎ a movie, play, or record, esp. when viewed in terms of its making or staging: this production updates the play and sets it in the sixties. ∎ [in sing.] the overall sound of a musical recording; the way a record is produced: the record's production is gloriously relaxed.PHRASES: make a production of do (something) in an unnecessarily elaborate or complicated way.