producer

noun

pro·​duc·​er prə-ˈdü-sər 

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

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing producer

• producer goods
• hyper-producer
• producer gas
• co-producer

• producer goods
• hyper-producer
• producer gas
• co-producer

Kids Definition

producer

noun

pro·​duc·​er prə-ˈd(y)ü-sər 

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