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

Portillo worked as a writer, director, producer, activist and journalist to create work that centered Latin American and Mexican stories. —Zoe G Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Apr. 2024

The Driving Force Institute, one of the largest producers of educational history films in the US, aims to solve the nationwide deficit of history knowledge with immersive and digestible short films created to enhance schooling systems and teaching methods. —Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024

The singer-songwriter and the record producer, 27, dated for six months in 2022. —Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2024

The suites are configured around two wine vaults—one on each side of the arena—that source bottles from local producers, including Frog’s Leap and Silver Oak. —John Vorwald, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2024

Ryan notes that Henry Ford II and the Bond franchise producers, the Broccolli family, knew each other. —Carole Horst, Variety, 20 Apr. 2024

Bolstered by the supreme production of about a dozen producers (Federico, Vindver, Vibarco, Gino Borro, Sir Nola and more), the duo’s vibrant and glitch-filled electronic tracks oscillate between the frenzy of dance-punk and the allure of kitschy pop. —Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 19 Apr. 2024

The supportive producer even shows some PDA after one of Swift’s wins. —Justin Curto, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024

Behram produced the movie with film producer Müge Özen. —Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing producer

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

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