noun
1 making/growing sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ full , full-scale
▪
The machine will go into full ~ in November 2002.
▪ large-scale , mass , volume
▪ increased
▪ peak
▪
the days of peak oil ~
▪ small-scale
▪ efficient
▪ annual
▪ domestic
▪ global , worldwide
▪ automobile ( esp. AmE ), car ( esp. BrE )
▪ coal , electricity , energy , gas , oil
▪ cotton , textile
▪ agricultural , beef , corn , crop , food , fruit , hog ( AmE ), livestock , meat , milk , pork , poultry , wheat
▪ factory , industrial
▪ steel
▪ organic
▪
These substances are not allowed in organic ~.
▪ sustainable
▪
sustainable crop ~
▪ artistic
▪
Naples surpassed Rome as a centre/center of artistic ~ in the 18th century.
▪ antibody , egg , hormone , insulin , mucus , testosterone , etc.
… OF PRODUCTION
▪ level , volume
▪
The increase in volume of ~ brought down the price of the goods.
▪ rate
▪
The rate of ~ was greater in Saskatchewan than in Alberta.
VERB + PRODUCTION
▪ be in
▪
That particular model is no longer in ~.
▪ go into
▪ go out of
▪ begin , enter , start
▪
The new model will enter ~ in 2009.
▪
They are going to start ~ of the car next year.
▪ resume
▪
The country has resumed normal oil ~.
▪ boost , encourage , expand , improve , increase , maximize , promote , step up , stimulate
▪ control , regulate
▪ cut , cut back , cut back on
▪ block , decrease , disrupt , hinder , inhibit , reduce , suppress
▪
Green tea inhibits the ~ of this enzyme.
▪ cease , halt , stop
▪ speed up
▪ outsource
▪
Buyers have increasingly outsourced ~ to lower-cost regions.
PRODUCTION + VERB
▪ increase , rise
▪ fall
PRODUCTION + NOUN
▪ facility , line , plant
▪
a car ~ plant
▪ methods , process , system , technique
▪ design
▪ schedule
▪
a tough ~ schedule
▪ run
▪
special ~ runs of key components
▪ assistant , company , crew , designer , director , manager , staff , team , worker
▪ costs
▪ capacity , level , quota , volume
▪ quality
▪
the movie's direction and ~ quality
PHRASES
▪ a cut in ~ , a fall in ~
▪ an increase in ~ , a rise in ~
▪ the means of ~
▪
They believed that power largely derives from ownership of the means of ~.
2 play, film/movie, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ successful
▪ controversial
▪ lavish
▪ low-budget , low-cost
▪ original
▪
I had seen the original ~ in 1956.
▪ amateur , professional
▪ stage
▪ studio
▪
This is not a big studio ~.
▪ Broadway , off-Broadway , West End , etc.
▪ local
▪
a local amateur ~ of ‘The Sound of Music’
▪ touring
▪
a touring ~ of ‘Cats’
▪ school
▪ television , TV , video
▪ film ( esp. BrE ), movie ( esp. AmE )
▪ theatre/theater , theatrical