producer English · revision 5249

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /pɹəˈdjuːsə/, /pɹəˈd͡ʒuːsə/ ''(UK)''; /pɹəˈdusɚ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|en|produce|-er]], an agent noun from the verb.^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ One who or that which produces something: 1513 in the OED, about 1513 in MWU.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In political economy, one who produces goods, as opposed to a consumer, is from 1714 in Etymonline, 1784 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The person who stages a play is from 1891, and later of films and broadcasts.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) A furnace making fuel gas is from 1881,^(OED 1989) and in ecology an organism that makes organic compounds from simple substances is from 1941.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1513 – one who produces.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1714 – opposed to consumer.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1881 – a gas furnace.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1891 – of plays.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1941 – in ecology.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person, company or country that makes or grows goods for sale.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A person who finances and manages the making of a [[film]], play or broadcast.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(British)'' The artistic director of a play.^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(ecology)'' An organism, such as a green plant, that makes its own food.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nonproducer]]

+ * [[primary producer]]

+ * [[producer gas]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[produce]]

+ * [[product]]

+ * [[production]]

+ * [[consumer]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}