producer

noun

pro·​duc·​er prə-ˈdü-sər How to pronounce producer (audio)
prō-,
-ˈdyü-
1
: one that produces
especially : one that grows agricultural products or manufactures crude materials into articles of use
2
: a person who supervises or finances a work (such as a staged or recorded performance) for exhibition or dissemination to the public
3
: an autotrophic organism (such as a green plant) viewed as a source of biomass that can be consumed by other organisms compare consumer

Examples of producer in a Sentence

the producer of the play He is the director and producer. The country is the world's leading oil producer.
Recent Examples on the Web Nigerian producer Mo Abudu, CEO of EbonyLife Media, has been helping to share the stories of African people through film and television for years — but never one written by her own hand. Jaden Thompson, Variety, 24 Nov. 2023 The Scream actor began dating journalist and producer Christina McLarty Arquette in 2011. Sarah Title, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023 Six states raise most of the country’s turkeys – Minnesota, North Carolina, Arkansas, Indiana, Missouri and Virginia are the six states that are top turkey producers, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 23 Nov. 2023 The first season was a success in the summer of 2002, and as winner Kelly Clarkson set off on soon-to-be superstardom, producers raced to find similarly captivating contestants. Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023 Stay the Old-Fashioned Way A recent $10 million renovation of the Hôtel-Musée Premières Nations added 24 new rooms, as well as a remodeled restaurant and a cellar stocked with wines from Indigenous producers. Diane Selkirk, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2023 On Zoom calls with Wang and Daniel Guillemette, a senior producer for Serial, the two musicians had woodwinds, horns, keyboards and whatnot scattered about, visible in their background. Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, 22 Nov. 2023 For producers on Scream 7, the call is coming from inside the house. Vulture, 22 Nov. 2023 The awards were handed out by a jury comprised of producer Diana Elbaum, former Berlin Film Festival director Dieter Kosslick, and filmmaker and producer Elina Psykou. Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Nov. 2023 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of producer was circa 1513

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“Producer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/producer. Accessed 7 Dec. 2023.

Kids Definition

producer

noun
pro·​duc·​er prə-ˈd(y)ü-sər How to pronounce producer (audio)
1
: one that produces
especially : a person who grows agricultural products or manufactures articles
2
: a person who supervises or finances a play, a movie, or a radio or television program
3
: a living thing (as a green plant) that makes its food from simple inorganic substances (as carbon dioxide and nitrogen) and many of which are food sources for other organisms compare consumer sense 2
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