production

production, fabrication

Processus de fabrication ou de création de quelque chose, généralement en grande quantité.

En anglais simple : The process of making or creating something, usually in large amounts.

• Production starts next week.
• The factory stopped production during the storm.
• New machines have made food production cheaper.

Synonymes : manufacturing, making

Expressions courantes : car production, food production, production costs

production

Quantité de quelque chose fabriquée ou cultivée pendant une période donnée.

En anglais simple : The amount of something made or grown during a particular period.

• Production rose last year.
• The farm doubled its milk production.
• Annual steel production reached two million tonnes.

Synonymes : output

Expressions courantes : annual production, total production, increase production

spectacle, mise en scène

Pièce de théâtre ou autre spectacle préparé et présenté devant un public.

En anglais simple : A play or other show prepared and performed for an audience.

• The production was excellent.
• She appeared in three school productions.
• Have you seen their new production of Macbeth?

Comment l'utiliser : a production of something (We saw a production of a famous comedy.)

Synonymes : show, performance

Expressions courantes : theatre production, production of something, stage production

cinéma, comédie

Affaire que quelqu’un complique ou dramatise bien plus que nécessaire.

En anglais simple : An activity that someone makes much more complicated or dramatic than it needs to be.

• Lunch became a huge production.
• She made a whole production out of wrapping one gift.
• Why turn a simple visit into such a production?

Comment l'utiliser : make a production out of something (He made a production out of choosing a shirt.)

Synonymes : fuss, performance

Expressions courantes : a big production, a whole production, a huge production

production en série

Produit ou modèle fabriqué, ou prêt à être fabriqué, en grande quantité pour être vendu.

En anglais simple : A product or design made, or ready to be made, in large numbers for sale.

• This is a production model.
• The production version has smaller wheels.
• They tested a production vehicle rather than a prototype.

Expressions courantes : production model, production version, production vehicle

règle de production

Règle qui remplace des symboles par d’autres pour former des suites dans un langage formel.

En anglais simple : A rule that replaces symbols with other symbols to build sequences in a formal language.

• This production replaces one symbol.
• The parser uses several productions for expressions.
• Each production defines a possible step in building a sentence.

Synonymes : rewrite rule

Expressions courantes : grammar production, production rule, recursive production