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production

noun (OF FILM/MUSIC)
 
 
/prəˈdʌk.ʃən/

Definition

B2 [C or U] the activity of organizing the practical and financial matters connected with the preparation of a film, play, or television or radio programme: She's hoping to get into television production. Disney's latest production (= film) looks likely to be their most successful ever.Broadcasting in general [C] a particular series of performances of a theatre entertainment such as a play or opera: They're doing a new production of Macbeth at the National Theatre.Spectacles and performances [U] the preparation and general quality of a musical recording's sound, showing the way in which the music was recorded rather than the quality of the singing and the music: George Martin did the production on the Beatles records.Recording sounds and images
(Definition of production noun (OF FILM/MUSIC) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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