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# producer

noun (a producer, producers)

«producer» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A producer is a person, company or country that makes or grows things to sell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/producer/#m1)
2. In science, a producer is a living thing, such as a plant, that makes its own food from sunlight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/producer/#m2)
3. A producer is a person who is in charge of making a film, TV show, play or music record. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/producer/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science food chains start with a producer (grass, plants), then consumers that eat them. In geography and money lessons producers make goods and consumers buy them. Phrases: «food producer», «film producer», «producers and consumers».

### Examples

- Plants are producers because they make their own food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/producer/#x1)
- In a food chain, grass is the producer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/producer/#x2)
- Canada is a big producer of wheat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/producer/#x3)
- The film producer chose the actors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/producer/#x4)
- Local producers sell eggs at the market. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/producer/#x5)
- Producers are always at the start of a food chain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/producer/#x6)
- The music producer recorded the band's new song. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/producer/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Verb: produce; noun: product, production. Science: producer (makes food) vs consumer (eats food) vs decomposer (breaks down dead things).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «producer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/producer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«producer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/producer.html) on Mova free.