production English · revision 2568

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1410|origins=la prōdūcere}}

+

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /prəˈdʌk.ʃən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|produccioun]], [[bor|fro|production|t=production, exhibition]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) and directly [[la-med|prōductiō|t=a prolonging, lengthening]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|prōductus]], past participle of [[m|la|prōdūcere|t=to bring forth]],^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) the source of [[produce]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Klein 1966)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The act of producing, a coming into being: 1410,^(Barnhart 1988) or about 1400.^(Etymonline) The OED's earliest quotation is from 1483.^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ That which is produced, a product, is from the mid-15th century,^(Etymonline) or about 1430.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988) The bringing forward of a document in law is from 1470.^(HTOED)^(OED 1989) A literary or artistic work is a ''production'' from 1651,^(OED 1989) a theatrical performance from 1894, and the colloquial “fuss, commotion”, as in ''make a production of it'', from 1941.^(Etymonline) In political economy the creation of wealth is from 1784.^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1410 – the act of producing.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1430 – a product.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1470 – the producing of evidence.^(HTOED)

+ * 1651 – a literary or artistic work.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1784 – in political economy.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1894 – a theatrical production.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1941 – a fuss.^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act or process of producing; the fact of being produced.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # The creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # Something produced; a [[product]]; the amount produced, [[output]].^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # A work of art or literature; a play, film or broadcast as presented.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # ''(informal)'' A fuss: ''make a production of it''.^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[productional]]

+ * [[nonproduction]]

+ * [[overproduction]]

+ * [[preproduction]]

+ * [[reproduction]]

+ * [[underproduction]]

+ * [[production line]]

+ * [[factor of production]]

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[produce]]

+ * [[product]]

+ * [[productive]]

+ * [[duct]]

+ * [[conduct]]

+ * [[induce]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}