Meaning & use
commercial production
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Meanings
noununcountablebusinesstechnical
The stage of making goods in large quantities to sell, after testing or development has finished.
Grammar: Uncountable: say 'commercial production began', not 'a commercial production began'.
Patterns
- begin commercial production
- go into commercial production
- commercial production of something
The factory moved from trial runs to full commercial production in March.
Commercial production of the new battery will start once safety tests are complete.
The mine reached commercial production after three years of exploration.
nouncountablebusiness
A film, play, or show staged mainly to make money rather than for artistic reasons.
Grammar: Countable in this sense: 'a commercial production', 'several commercial productions'.
Patterns
- a commercial production of a play
- a commercial production for television
The play began as a student project but later became a commercial production in the West End.
Unlike community theater, a commercial production must attract paying audiences to survive.
Common combinations
- full commercial production
- The plant is not yet at full commercial production.
- begin commercial production
- They expect to begin commercial production next year.
- commercial production of oil
- Commercial production of oil in the region started in the 1970s.
- a commercial production of
- She starred in a commercial production of 'Hamlet'.
Synonyms and how they differ
- mass production
- Similar, but 'mass production' emphasizes very large volume, while 'commercial production' emphasizes producing for sale rather than for testing.
- manufacturing
- A general word for making goods in factories; 'commercial production' often marks the point when selling begins.
Word family
- produce verb
- to make or grow something
- production noun
- the process of making things
- producer noun
- a person or company that makes goods
Practice
A mining company finishes testing a new site and starts selling the metal it digs up. What has it reached?
Choose one answer.
'Commercial production' is the standard term for the stage when a mine or factory starts producing to sell. 'Mass production' is about very large volume, and 'pre-production' is the stage before production begins.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “commercial production”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.